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- Title
Early-onset restrictive eating disturbances in primary school boys and girls.
- Authors
Kurz, Susanne; Dyck, Zoé; Dremmel, Daniela; Munsch, Simone; Hilbert, Anja
- Abstract
This study sought to determine the distribution of early-onset restrictive eating disturbances characteristic of the new DSM-5 diagnosis, avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) in middle childhood, as well as to evaluate the screening instrument, Eating Disturbances in Youth-Questionnaire (EDY-Q). A total of 1,444 8- to 13-year-old children were screened in regular schools (3rd to 6th grade) in Switzerland using the self-report measure EDY-Q, consisting of 12 items based on the DSM-5 criteria for ARFID. 46 children (3.2 %) reported features of ARFID in the self-rating. Group differences were found for body mass index, with underweight children reporting features of ARFID more often than normal and overweight children. The EDY-Q revealed good psychometric properties, including adequate discriminant and convergent validity. Early-onset restrictive eating disturbances are commonly reported in middle childhood. Because of possible negative short- and long-term impact, early detection is essential. Further studies with structured interviews and parent reports are needed to confirm this study's findings.
- Subjects
SWITZERLAND; DIAGNOSIS of eating disorders; CHI-squared test; STATISTICAL correlation; DISCRIMINANT analysis; EATING disorders; FOOD habits; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH evaluation; RESEARCH funding; SCALE analysis (Psychology); STATISTICS; DATA analysis; BODY mass index; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test; KRUSKAL-Wallis Test
- Publication
European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2015, Vol 24, Issue 7, p779
- ISSN
1018-8827
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00787-014-0622-z