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Published on: May 10, 2022
Response patterns on interview and questionnaire versions of the Eating Disorder Examination and their impact on
Kelly C Berg1, Sonja A Swanson, E Colleen Stiles-Shields
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. bergx143@umn.edu
Objective:
The purpose of this investigation was to compare the latent structures of the interview (EDE) and questionnaire (EDE-Q) versions of the Eating Disorder Examination.
Methods:
Participants were 280 children, adolescents, and young adults seeking eating disorder treatment. Two separate latent structure analyses (LSAs) were conducted; one used variables from the EDE as indicators and the other used the corresponding variables from the EDE-Q as indicators.
Results:
The EDE and EDE-Q models both yielded four-class solutions. Three of the four classes from the EDE-Q model demonstrated moderate to high concordance with their paired class from the EDE model. Using the EDE-Q to detect the EDE, the sensitivity and specificity of measuring certain classes varied from poor (18.6%) to excellent (93.7%). The overall concordance was moderate (κ=.49).
Discussion:
These data suggest that LSAs using the EDE and EDE-Q may be directly compared; however, differences between results may represent inconsistencies in response patterns rather than true differences in psychopathology.
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