title: Does the opinion of the therapeutic team match with psychometric measures during the course of eating disorders?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Is there a group of psychometric variables, which correlates with the criteria of an interdisciplinary team about the course of ED?
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to analyse the correlation between the clinic criteria of an interdisciplinary team with respect to the course of eating disorders (ED) and different psychometric criteria.
  
  
  METHODS
  The course was analysed in a final sample of 30 ED outpatients during their six first months of treatment. A scale of clinical criteria of the course of ED (therapeutic team's opinion) and different questionnaires on psychological, psychopathological and eating-related variables were used. The statistical analysis comprised of a discriminant analysis in order to find the variables with a discriminant function to distinguish between a fair-bad course and a good course.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Perceived stress, self-esteem, the variables of the SCL-90-R, depression, thought-shape fusion, anxiety, food craving and the score on body shape questionnaire were found to have discriminant function. Comparing the therapeutic team's criteria and the results of the questionnaires a 10% of patients were misclassified.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results highlight the necessary and permanent checking of the relationship among the clinical criteria regarding the course of ED (members' team opinion) and different psychological, psychopathological and eating-related variables.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition and Bromatology, Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain. igjl@upo.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Jáuregui-Lobera
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Garrido-Casals
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Santiago
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bolaños-Ríos
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Ruiz-Prieto
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000855:Anorexia / Q000523:psychology; D001828:Body Image; D015992:Body Mass Index; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011594:Psychometrics; D011788:Quality of Life; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult