Validation of the Finnish version of the SCOFF questionnaire among young adults aged 20 to 35 years

BMC Psychiatry

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Lähteenmäki, Sini ^a   Aalto Setälä, Terhi ^a,b   Suokas, Jaana T ^a,b   Saarni, Suoma E ^a,c   Perälä, Jonna ^a   Saarni, Samuli I ^a   Aro, Hillevi ^a   Lönnqvist, Jouko ^a,b,c   Suvisaari, Jaana M ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EATING DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCOFF QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; VALIDITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; EATING DISORDERS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63049089093     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1471244X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-244X-9-5     Document Type: Article

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