Evaluation of diagnostic criteria for night eating syndrome using item response theory analysis

Eating Behaviors

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 398-407

  Allison, Kelly C ^a   Engel, Scott G ^b   Crosby, Ross D ^b,c   de Zwaan, Martina ^b   O'Reardon, John P ^a   Wonderlich, Stephen A ^b,c   Mitchell, James E ^b,c   Smith West, Delia ^d   Wadden, Thomas A ^a   Stunkard, Albert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NEUROPSYCHIATRIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Southeast Campus   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Eating disorder; Evening hyperphagia; IRT; Night eating questionnaire; Nocturnal ingestions

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EATING DISORDER; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERPHAGIA; INSOMNIA; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NIGHT EATING SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCREENING; THEORY; WAKEFULNESS;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EATING DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 54549088977     PISSN: 14710153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2008.04.004     Document Type: Article

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