Psychometric properties of the clinical impairment assessment: norms for young adult women.
OBJECTIVE
This study aimed to investigate the initial psychometric properties and to establish norms for the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA v. 3.0) among a nonclinical sample of young adult women.


METHODS
The CIA is a brief, 16-item self-report measure designed to assess psychosocial impairment due to eating disorder features over the past 28 days. We administered the CIA and the Eating Disorder Examination-Questionnaire (EDE-Q v. 6.0) to 438 university women (mean age = 25 years).


RESULTS
Participants' mean global CIA score was 6.4 (SD = 7.5; range 0-40). Acceptable levels of internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha = 0.94) and 1-week test-retest reliability were observed. Significant correlations were found between the CIA and the EDE-Q total and subscale scores (Spearman rhos = 0.58-0.79), indicating that greater levels of impairment were associated with higher levels of eating disorder psychopathology.


CONCLUSIONS
Results demonstrated satisfactory psychometric properties of the CIA among a sample of young adult women, suggesting the utility of the CIA to measure impairment due to eating disorder features in nonclinical samples.
Reas
Deborah L
DL
Regional Eating Disorders Service , Ullevål University Hospital, Oslo, Norway. d.l.reas@medisin.uio.no
Rø
Oyvind
O
Kapstad
Hilde
H
Lask
Bryan
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011594:Psychometrics; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D011788:Quality of Life; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires