Future research should focus on confirming the survey's validity in varied populations and against established measures of disordered eating such as the Eating Disorder Examination (25).
The Eating Disorder Examination was administered by independent clinicians to evaluate current and lifetime eating disorder symptomatology.
Higher FAST scores are associated with eating disorders as identified by the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (0.60, p < 0.05) and Eating Disorder Inventory (0.89, p < 0.001) [13].
319 women completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, the Sexual Experiences Survey, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire, and the White Bear Thought Suppression Inventory in their first month of college and three months later.
In order to establish norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among young adult women, the questionnaire was administered to a large general population sample of women aged 18 42 yr in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) region of Australia.
Participants completed versions of three standard diagnostic tests -- the Sexual Experiences Questionnaire, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and the Beck Depression Inventory-II.
Eating Disorder Examination (EDE), Beck Depression Inventory, State-trait Anxiety Inventory and Food Preoccupation questionnaire responses were obtained from the participants, BMI (Body Mass Index), hip and waist measurements were also obtained.
The eating disorder behavior questions were written by the first author (PH), and were modelled on related questions used in the investigator-based interview, the Eating Disorder Examination (EDE; 23).
Eating Disorder Examination (EDE)[ 21].
EDE-Q, eating disorder examination questionnaire.
OBE Objectivte Binge Episodes as assessed with the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire or the Eating Disorder Examination Interview.
