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

Sponsored by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
Information provided by:	National Taiwan University Hospital
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00172874

Purpose

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).

Condition
Eating Disorders

MedlinePlus related topics: Eating Disorders

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Case Control, Cross-Sectional
Official Title:	Cross-Cultural Validity of EDI-1 Among Clinical and Non-Clinical Taiwanese Population

Further study details as provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

Biospecimen Retention: None Retained

Biospecimen Description:

Enrollment:	1500
Study Start Date:	January 1998
Study Completion Date:	December 2008
Primary Completion Date:	June 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Detailed Description:

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.

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	Yes
Sampling Method:	Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Clinical patients with eating disorders, other psychiatric disorders, and students

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

None

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00172874

Locations

Taiwan
National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, Taiwan, 100

Sponsors and Collaborators

National Taiwan University Hospital

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Mei-Chih Tseng, MD

National Taiwan Univetsity Hospital

More Information

Responsible Party:	National Taiwan University Hospital ( Mei-Chih Tseng/Attending psychiatrist )
Study ID Numbers:	9461700313, NSC-89-2413-H002-016
Study First Received:	September 12, 2005
Last Updated:	December 29, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00172874
Health Authority:	Taiwan: Department of Health

Keywords provided by National Taiwan University Hospital:

cross-cultural,
eating disorders,
EDI,
psychometrics

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Mental Disorders
Eating Disorders

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009