Abstract

FRANCO PAREDES, Karina; ALVAREZ RAYON, Georgina Leticia  and  RAMIREZ RUELAS, Rosa Elena. Eating disorders questionnaires validated in Mexican women: A review of the literature. Rev. Mex. de trastor. aliment [online]. 2011, vol.2, n.2, pp.148-164. ISSN 2007-1523.

The purpose of this review was to analyze the studies about psychometric properties of eating disorders (ED) questionnaires validated in Mexican women. We search papers published in scientific journal about psychometric properties of questionnaires to measure symptoms or characteristics associated with ED. Seventeen papers that evaluated the reliability or validity of 16 questionnaires were identified (11 were created in another countries and five were created by Mexican researchers). It was found that questionnaires have adequate reliability; however, the researchers only analyzed the internal consistency. Several methods were employed to analyze the validity of the questionnaires; the most common were factorial analysis exploratory and homogeneity of the scale. There are seven questionnaires with cut-off point, which permit to identify people at risk for ED. It was concluded that it is necessary that future researches provide further evidences about psychometric properties of the revised questionnaires.

Keywords : Assessment; questionnaires; eating disorders; women, Mexico.

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