Translation of the Quality of Life for Eating Disorders questionnaire into Hindi

Reliability and validity of the Japanese translation of the Eating Disorders Quality of Life (ED-QOL) scale for Japanese healthy female university undergraduate students and patients with eating disorders

“…The ED-QOL has been used in prior studies to evaluate the HRQoL of eating disorder patients [ 2 , 3 , 5 ]. Although the ED-QOL is one of the most widely used questionnaires for assessing the HRQoL of eating-disorder patients [ 4 , 6 , 7 ], no research has addressed the psychometric properties of a Japanese translation of the ED-QOL. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess the reliability and validity of the Japanese translation of the ED-QOL.…”

A comparison of eating disorder patients in India and Australia

“…The Indian patients were attending a private clinic and chose to answer the English rather than Hindi version of the QOL ED, which confirms they belonged to the middle to high SES rather than lower SES groups. [ 12 ] One paper has suggested that AN was more common in middle to high SES groups whereas BN was indicative of a low to middle SES. [ 4 ] Further research should recruit a more diverse group of Indians patients from different SES groups, different clinics and different areas of India with varied degrees of exposure to western influence.…”

“…Diagnosis of an ED was made by a specialist psychiatrist as close to presentation as possible, using the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Version IV (DSM-IV) and all patients completed the QOL ED. [ 13 19 ] The Indian patients were given the choice between the Hindi and English versions of the QOL ED,[ 12 ] although all patients chose the English version. The QOL ED asked questions relating to the last 28 days and the last 3 months, however, all data used for analysis were for the prior 3 months, as the times for data collection could not insure a common point in treatment.…”

“…Quality-of-life for EDs (QOL EDs) has been found to be useful in the Indian population for females of different socioeconomic status (SES) and ages and has also been translated into Hindi for use in population, which may not be comfortable in communicating in English. [ 12 ] Recent use of the QOL ED in an Australian clinical sample found it to be useful in ascertaining treatment effectiveness. [ 13 ]…”