Validity of the Arabic version of the Eating Attitude Test.
| Autor: | al-Subaie A; College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., al-Shammari S, Bamgboye E, al-Sabhan K, al-Shehri S, Bannah AR |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | The International journal of eating disorders [Int J Eat Disord] 1996 Nov; Vol. 20 (3), pp. 321-4. |
| DOI: | 10.1002/(SICI)1098-108X(199611)20:3<321::AID-EAT12>3.0.CO;2-2 |
| Abstrakt: | Objectives: To assess the validity of the Eating Attitude Test (EAT-26) in Arabic as a screening instrument in nonclinical populations. Methods: A representative sample of Grade 7-12 female students in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was selected randomly but proportional to various social classes. The girls were independently assessed by the EAT-26 and a structured clinical interview. Results: One hundred twenty-nine subjects were included. Twenty-five were identified by EAT-26 as having abnormal eating attitudes. One case was identified as anorexia nervosa by the interview and no cases of bulimia were found. Discussion: EAT-26 was found to be highly sensitive and reasonably specific. Like some other studies in non-Western populations, it yielded a high false positive rate and a low positive predictive value. Because of its low cost and practicality, EAT-26 might be a useful tool in screening large populations for eating disorders. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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