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Cross-Cultural Validity of EDI-1 Among Clinical and Non-Clinical Taiwanese Population

This study has been completed.
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National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00172874
First received: September 12, 2005
Last updated: December 29, 2008
Last verified: December 2008
History of Changes

September 12, 2005
December 29, 2008
January 1998
June 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
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Cross-Cultural Validity of EDI-1 Among Clinical and Non-Clinical Taiwanese Population
Cross-Cultural Validity of EDI-1 Among Clinical and Non-Clinical Taiwanese Population

The aim of the study is to understand the clinical characteristics of Taiwanese eating disorders as well as establishment of the psychometric properties of eating disorder-related questionnaires (EDI and BITE).

The study subjects include three group of population: 1st group is non-clinical nursing college students (N=800); 2nd group is clinical eating disorder patients (N=600) and 3rd group is age-, sex-matched clinical non-eating disorder patients (N=600). Clinical patients are screened by eating disorder module of the SCID and are grouped into eating disorder or non-eating disorder group. After written informed consent, eating disorder patients will receive clinical assessments which included important clinical characteristics and psychopathology of eating disorders by experienced senior psychiatrists. All clinical patients are asked to complete the self-rating scales which included eating and general psychological functioning questionnaires.
Observational
Observational Model: Case Control
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
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Non-Probability Sample

Clinical patients with eating disorders, other psychiatric disorders, and students
Eating Disorders
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*   Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number) in Medline.
 
Completed
1500
December 2008
June 2008   (final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Inclusion Criteria:

  • patients with eating disorders,
  • patients with non-eating disorders,
  • nursing school students

Exclusion Criteria:

  • None
Both
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Taiwan
 
NCT00172874
9461700313, NSC-89-2413-H002-016
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Mei-Chih Tseng/Attending psychiatrist, National Taiwan University Hospital
National Taiwan University Hospital
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Principal Investigator: Mei-Chih Tseng, MD National Taiwan Univetsity Hospital
National Taiwan University Hospital
December 2008

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