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Published on: May 10, 2022
The Compulsive Exercise Test: confirmatory factor analysis and links with eating psychopathology among women with
Caroline Meyer1, Carolyn R Plateau2, Lorin Taranis2
1WMG, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL UK ; Warwick Medical School, Coventry, CV77AL UK ; University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, UK.
Background:
This study aimed to determine the psychometric properties of the Compulsive Exercise Test (CET) among an adult sample of patients with eating disorders.
Method:
Three hundred and fifty six patients and 360 non-clinical control women completed the CET and the Eating Disorders Examination questionnaire (EDE-Q).
Results:
A confirmatory factor analysis revealed that the clinical data showed a moderate fit to the previously published five factor model derived from a community sample (Taranis L, Touyz S, Meyer C, Eur Eat Disord Rev 19:256-268, 2011). The clinical group scored significantly higher than the non-clinical group on four of the five CET subscales, and logistic regression analysis revealed that the CET could successfully discriminate between the two groups. A Receiver Operating Curve analysis revealed that a cut-off score of 15 on the CET resulted in acceptable values of both sensitivity and specificity.
Conclusions:
The CET appears to have a factor structure that is acceptable for use with an adult sample of patients with eating disorders. It can identify compulsive exercise among patients with eating disorders and a cut-off score of 15 is acceptable as indicating an appropriate cut-off point.
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