[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":519},["ShallowReactive",2],{"assessment-ede-q":3,"assessments-related-ede-q":499},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":435,"categoryTitle":436,"clinicalCitations":437,"copyright":465,"description":466,"downloadLink":435,"extension":467,"faqs":468,"featured":484,"firstPublished":485,"i18nReady":484,"icon":435,"inHiBoop":435,"interpreter":435,"interpreterExempt":486,"lastReviewed":487,"meta":488,"navigation":489,"path":490,"permissionsNote":435,"published":489,"recommendedFrequency":435,"relatedCodes":435,"relatedConditions":435,"relevantSpecialty":435,"reviewedBy":435,"seo":491,"slug":492,"status":493,"stem":494,"summary":495,"takeaways":435,"timeline":435,"type":496,"usedToDiagnose":497,"__hash__":498},"assessments\u002Fassessments\u002Fede-q.md","EDE-Q Scoring: Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.0 and EDE-QS)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":424},"minimark",[9,18,23,33,62,85,89,127,131,166,226,236,249,253,258,294,298,350,354],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"The EDE-Q (Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire) is a 28-item self-report questionnaire that scores eating disorder attitudes on four subscales and a global score from 0 to 6, and counts key behaviours over the past 28 days ",[14,15],"cite-ref",{"n":16},"7",".",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"what-does-the-ede-q-measure","What does the EDE-Q measure?",[10,24,25,26,29,30,17],{},"The EDE-Q measures the attitudes and behaviours seen in eating disorders. It is a questionnaire version of the Eating Disorder Examination interview, for settings where an interview is impractical ",[14,27],{"n":28},"1"," ",[14,31],{"n":32},"9",[34,35,36,46,54],"ul",{},[37,38,39,43,44,17],"li",{},[40,41,42],"strong",{},"Four attitude subscales."," Restraint, Eating Concern, Shape Concern and Weight Concern, built from 22 rated items ",[14,45],{"n":16},[37,47,48,51,52,17],{},[40,49,50],{},"Behaviours."," Six items record how often objective binge eating, self-induced vomiting, laxative use and exercise for weight control happened. They are reported as frequencies and are not part of the subscale scores ",[14,53],{"n":16},[37,55,56,59,60,17],{},[40,57,58],{},"Time frame."," The past 28 days ",[14,61],{"n":16},[10,63,64,65,70,71,75,76,80,81,17],{},"It covers ",[66,67,69],"a",{"href":68},"\u002Ficd-10\u002Ff50-0-anorexia-nervosa\u002F","anorexia nervosa",", ",[66,72,74],{"href":73},"\u002Ficd-10\u002Ff50-2-bulimia-nervosa\u002F","bulimia nervosa"," and ",[66,77,79],{"href":78},"\u002Ficd-10\u002Ff50-81-binge-eating-disorder\u002F","binge eating disorder"," features. It does not cover the eating patterns of avoidant\u002Frestrictive food intake disorder; for those, see the ",[66,82,84],{"href":83},"\u002Fassessments\u002Fnias\u002F","NIAS",[19,86,88],{"id":87},"how-do-you-give-the-ede-q","How do you give the EDE-Q?",[34,90,91,99,105,113,121],{},[37,92,93,96,97,17],{},[40,94,95],{},"Format."," 28 items; the 22 attitude items are rated on a 7-point scale from 0 to 6, and the behaviour items ask for a number of days or episodes ",[14,98],{"n":16},[37,100,101,104],{},[40,102,103],{},"Who completes it."," The client, on paper or on screen. A clinician reviews the answers, especially the behaviour items.",[37,106,107,110,111,17],{},[40,108,109],{},"Version."," EDE-Q 6.0 is current and is available in many languages from CREDO at the University of Oxford ",[14,112],{"n":32},[37,114,115,118,119,17],{},[40,116,117],{},"Terms of use."," CREDO states the EDE-Q is under copyright and freely available for non-commercial research use only; commercial use requires contacting CREDO ",[14,120],{"n":32},[37,122,123,126],{},[40,124,125],{},"Approach."," Questions about eating, shape and weight can be distressing. Introduce the questionnaire calmly and without judgment, and talk through the answers with the client.",[19,128,130],{"id":129},"how-do-you-score-and-interpret-the-ede-q","How do you score and interpret the EDE-Q?",[132,133,134,142,150,157],"ol",{},[37,135,136,139,140,17],{},[40,137,138],{},"Subscales."," Average the items of each subscale, giving four scores from 0 to 6. Higher scores mean more symptoms ",[14,141],{"n":16},[37,143,144,147,148,17],{},[40,145,146],{},"Global score."," Following Fairburn and Beglin's instructions, take the mean of the four subscale scores (0 to 6). Some studies instead average all 22 items, which weights every item equally; say which method you used ",[14,149],{"n":16},[37,151,152,154,155,17],{},[40,153,50],{}," Report each behaviour item as a frequency over 28 days ",[14,156],{"n":16},[37,158,159,162,163,165],{},[40,160,161],{},"Compare with norms."," There is no official diagnostic cutoff, so this page shows no band table. Compare scores with norms for a similar group ",[14,164],{"n":32},":",[167,168,169,182],"table",{},[170,171,172],"thead",{},[173,174,175,179],"tr",{},[176,177,178],"th",{},"Score",[176,180,181],{},"Mean (SD), women aged 18 to 42",[183,184,185,194,202,210,218],"tbody",{},[173,186,187,191],{},[188,189,190],"td",{},"Restraint",[188,192,193],{},"1.30 (1.40)",[173,195,196,199],{},[188,197,198],{},"Eating Concern",[188,200,201],{},"0.76 (1.06)",[173,203,204,207],{},[188,205,206],{},"Weight Concern",[188,208,209],{},"1.79 (1.51)",[173,211,212,215],{},[188,213,214],{},"Shape Concern",[188,216,217],{},"2.23 (1.65)",[173,219,220,223],{},[188,221,222],{},"Global",[188,224,225],{},"1.52 (1.25)",[10,227,228,229,232,233,17],{},"These norms come from 5,255 women in the Australian Capital Territory region ",[14,230],{"n":231},"3",". Separate norms exist for young adolescent girls ",[14,234],{"n":235},"4",[132,237,239],{"start":238},5,[37,240,241,244,245,248],{},[40,242,243],{},"Screening thresholds from studies."," In a community sample of 208 women, a global score of 2.3 together with any objective binge episodes or exercise for weight control gave sensitivity 0.83 and specificity 0.96, but this rested on 13 cases ",[14,246],{"n":247},"2",". Treat it as a research threshold, not a diagnostic cutoff.",[19,250,252],{"id":251},"the-ede-qs-short-form","The EDE-QS short form",[10,254,255,256,17],{},"The EDE-QS is a 12-item short form for session-by-session monitoring ",[14,257],{"n":16},[34,259,260,270,278,286],{},[37,261,262,264,265,29,267,17],{},[40,263,95],{}," 12 items rated 0 to 3, over the past 7 days, so totals run 0 to 36 ",[14,266],{"n":16},[14,268],{"n":269},"8",[37,271,272,275,276,17],{},[40,273,274],{},"Reliability."," Cronbach's α 0.913 and test-retest ICC 0.93 ",[14,277],{"n":16},[37,279,280,283,284,17],{},[40,281,282],{},"Agreement with the full EDE-Q."," r 0.91 in people without an eating disorder and 0.82 in people with one ",[14,285],{"n":16},[37,287,288,291,292,17],{},[40,289,290],{},"Screening cutoff."," Re-analysing the 559-person validation data, Prnjak and colleagues proposed 15 or more (sensitivity 0.83, specificity 0.85, positive predictive value 0.37) ",[14,293],{"n":269},[19,295,297],{"id":296},"psychometric-properties","Psychometric properties",[34,299,300,308,316,325,333,342],{},[37,301,302,305,306,17],{},[40,303,304],{},"Interview agreement."," In 208 community women, EDE-Q and interview subscales correlated from 0.68 (Eating Concern) to 0.78 (Shape Concern), but EDE-Q scores were higher on every subscale ",[14,307],{"n":247},[37,309,310,313,314,17],{},[40,311,312],{},"Self-report vs interview."," Both methods assessed clear behaviours such as vomiting and dieting similarly, but the questionnaire gave higher scores for binge eating and shape concern ",[14,315],{"n":28},[37,317,318,321,322,17],{},[40,319,320],{},"Internal consistency."," Cronbach's α for the global score was 0.93 in a community sample ",[14,323],{"n":324},"5",[37,326,327,330,331,17],{},[40,328,329],{},"Stability."," Over a median of 315 days, attitude items correlated 0.57 (Restraint) to 0.77 (Eating Concern); behaviour items were much less stable ",[14,332],{"n":324},[37,334,335,338,339,17],{},[40,336,337],{},"Systematic review."," Ten studies supported the reliability of EDE-Q scores, their agreement with related measures and their use to separate cases from non-cases ",[14,340],{"n":341},"6",[37,343,344,347,348,17],{},[40,345,346],{},"Factor structure."," Studies have not supported the four-factor model behind the subscales, nor agreed on an alternative, which is one reason many studies rely on the global score ",[14,349],{"n":16},[19,351,353],{"id":352},"limitations","Limitations",[34,355,356,366,376,383,391,399],{},[37,357,358,361,362,29,364,17],{},[40,359,360],{},"No diagnostic cutoff."," Interpretation relies on norms, and the available norms describe mainly women and girls ",[14,363],{"n":231},[14,365],{"n":235},[37,367,368,371,372,29,374,17],{},[40,369,370],{},"Higher than interview."," Self-report scores run higher than interview scores, especially for binge eating and shape concern ",[14,373],{"n":28},[14,375],{"n":247},[37,377,378,380,381,17],{},[40,379,138],{}," The four-subscale structure has not replicated well ",[14,382],{"n":16},[37,384,385,388,389,17],{},[40,386,387],{},"28-day window."," Too long to show week-to-week change; the EDE-QS uses 7 days for that reason ",[14,390],{"n":16},[37,392,393,396,397,17],{},[40,394,395],{},"Not for ARFID."," It does not capture avoidant\u002Frestrictive eating that is not driven by shape or weight; pair it with the ",[66,398,84],{"href":83},[37,400,401,404,405,409,410,414,415,419,420,17],{},[40,402,403],{},"Related measures."," For a brief screen, see the ",[66,406,408],{"href":407},"\u002Fassessments\u002Fscoff\u002F","SCOFF"," or ",[66,411,413],{"href":412},"\u002Fassessments\u002Feat-26\u002F","EAT-26","; for probable diagnoses, the ",[66,416,418],{"href":417},"\u002Fassessments\u002Fedds\u002F","EDDS","; for binge eating severity, the ",[66,421,423],{"href":422},"\u002Fassessments\u002Fbes\u002F","BES",{"title":425,"searchDepth":426,"depth":426,"links":427},"",3,[428,430,431,432,433,434],{"id":21,"depth":429,"text":22},2,{"id":87,"depth":429,"text":88},{"id":129,"depth":429,"text":130},{"id":251,"depth":429,"text":252},{"id":296,"depth":429,"text":297},{"id":352,"depth":429,"text":353},null,"Eating Disorders",[438,441,444,447,450,453,456,459,462],{"text":439,"link":440},"Fairburn CG, Beglin SJ. Assessment of eating disorders: interview or self-report questionnaire? Int J Eat Disord. 1994;16(4):363-370.","https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F7866415\u002F",{"text":442,"link":443},"Mond JM, Hay PJ, Rodgers B, Owen C, Beumont PJV. Validity of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) in screening for eating disorders in community samples. Behav Res Ther. 2004;42(5):551-567.","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002FS0005-7967(03)00161-X",{"text":445,"link":446},"Mond JM, Hay PJ, Rodgers B, Owen C. Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q): norms for young adult women. Behav Res Ther. 2006;44(1):53-62.","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1016\u002Fj.brat.2004.12.003",{"text":448,"link":449},"Carter JC, Stewart DA, Fairburn CG. Eating disorder examination questionnaire: norms for young adolescent girls. Behav Res Ther. 2001;39(5):625-632.","https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F11341255\u002F",{"text":451,"link":452},"Mond JM, Hay PJ, Rodgers B, Owen C, Beumont PJV. Temporal stability of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire. Int J Eat Disord. 2004;36(2):195-203.","https:\u002F\u002Fdoi.org\u002F10.1002\u002Feat.20017",{"text":454,"link":455},"Berg KC, Peterson CB, Frazier P, Crow SJ. Psychometric evaluation of the eating disorder examination and eating disorder examination-questionnaire: a systematic review of the literature. Int J Eat Disord. 2012;45(3):428-438.","https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F21744375\u002F",{"text":457,"link":458},"Gideon N, Hawkes N, Mond J, Saunders R, Tchanturia K, Serpell L. Development and Psychometric Validation of the EDE-QS, a 12 Item Short Form of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). PLoS One. 2016;11(5):e0152744.","https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F27138364\u002F",{"text":460,"link":461},"Prnjak K, Mitchison D, Griffiths S, Mond J, Gideon N, Serpell L, Hay P. Further development of the 12-item EDE-QS: identifying a cut-off for screening purposes. BMC Psychiatry. 2020;20(1):146.","https:\u002F\u002Fpubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\u002F32245441\u002F",{"text":463,"link":464},"Centre for Research on Eating Disorders at Oxford (CREDO). Measures: EDE-Q 6.0. University of Oxford.","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.credo-oxford.com\u002F7.2.html","The EDE-Q (and its items) is under copyright (Fairburn and Beglin; CREDO, University of Oxford). CREDO states it is freely available for non-commercial research use only, with no permission needed for that use; commercial use requires contacting CREDO.","EDE-Q 6.0 scoring guide: 28 items, four subscales and a global score from 0 to 6, community norms, plus the 12-item EDE-QS short form and its cutoff of 15.","md",[469,472,475,478,481],{"question":470,"answer":471},"What is the EDE-Q?","The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is the self-report version of the Eating Disorder Examination interview, developed by Fairburn and Beglin. The current version, 6.0, has 28 items about eating disorder attitudes and behaviours over the past 28 days, including restraint, eating concern, shape concern, weight concern, binge eating and compensatory behaviours.",{"question":473,"answer":474},"How is the EDE-Q scored?","The 22 attitude items are rated 0 to 6. Each subscale score (Restraint, Eating Concern, Shape Concern, Weight Concern) is the mean of its items, and the global score is usually the mean of the four subscale scores, so every score runs 0 to 6. The six behaviour items record how often binge eating, vomiting, laxative use or exercise for weight control happened and are reported as frequencies.",{"question":476,"answer":477},"What is a high EDE-Q score?","The EDE-Q has no official diagnostic cutoff. Scores are compared with community norms: in 5,255 Australian women aged 18 to 42, the mean global score was 1.52 (SD 1.25). In one community study, a global score of 2.3 combined with any objective binge episodes or exercise for weight control identified eating disorder cases best, but it rested on only 13 cases.",{"question":479,"answer":480},"What is the EDE-QS?","The EDE-QS is a 12-item short form of the EDE-Q developed by Gideon and colleagues (2016) for session-by-session monitoring. 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