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

NCT ID: NCT00172874

Last Updated: 2008-12-31

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

1500 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

1998-01-31

Study Completion Date

2008-12-31

Brief Summary

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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).

Detailed Description

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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.

Conditions

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Eating Disorders

Keywords

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cross-cultural, eating disorders, EDI, psychometrics

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Taiwan University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Principal Investigators

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Mei-Chih Tseng, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Taiwan Univetsity Hospital

Locations

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National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status

Countries

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Taiwan

Other Identifiers

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NSC-89-2413-H002-016

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

9461700313

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id