Cross-Cultural Validity of EDI-1 Among Clinical and Non-Clinical Taiwanese Population

The aim of the study is to understand the clinical characteristics of Taiwanese eating disorders as well as establishment of the psychometric properties of eating disorder-related questionnaires (EDI and BITE).

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Key information

Conditions

Eating Disorders Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms, Digestive

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

About this study

The study subjects include three group of population: 1st group is non-clinical nursing college students (N=800); 2nd group is clinical eating disorder patients (N=600) and 3rd group is age-, sex-matched clinical non-eating disorder patients (N=600). Clinical patients are screened by eating disorder module of the SCID and are grouped into eating disorder or non-eating disorder group. After written informed consent, eating disorder patients will receive clinical assessments which included important clinical characteristics and psychopathology of eating disorders by experienced senior psychiatrists. All clinical patients are asked to complete the self-rating scales which included eating and general psychological functioning questionnaires.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

patients with eating disorders,
patients with non-eating disorders,
nursing school students

Exclusion criteria

None

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 1998
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Sep 15, 2005
Registry last updated: Dec 31, 2008

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