Comparison between the SCOFF Questionnaire and the Eating Attitudes Test in patients with eating disorders

International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 27-32

  Noma, Shun'ichi ^a   Nakai, Yoshikatsu ^a   Hamagaki, Seiji ^b   Uehara, Minako ^a   Hayashi, Akiko ^a   Hayashi, Takuji ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Takagi Psychiatric Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

Eating Attitudes Test 26; Eating disorders; Primary care; SCOFF; Screening tool

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA NERVOSA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BULIMIA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING ATTITUDE TEST; EATING DISORDER; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33645139799     PISSN: 13651501     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13651500500305275     Document Type: Article

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