title: The eating disorder examination: reliability and validity of the Italian version.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the psychometric characteristics of the Italian language version of the latest edition of the eating disorder examination (EDE).
  
  
  METHODS
  An Italian version of the EDE (17th edition) was designed and administered to 185 in- and outpatients with eating disorders and 60 age-matched controls. Its internal consistency, inter-rater reliability, short-term (7-23 days) test-retest reliability and criterion validity were evaluated.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency was high for all four original EDE subscales. Inter-rater reliability was excellent for global EDE scores and original subscales (≥0.93), and for eating disorder behaviours (≥0.89). Test-retest reliability was good for global EDE scores and original subscales (0.57-0.80), objective bulimic episodes and days, vomiting episodes, laxative and diuretic misuse episodes, and excessive exercising (≥0.82), but unsatisfactory for subjective bulimic episodes and days. Patients with eating disorders displayed significantly higher EDE scores than age-matched controls, demonstrating the good criterion validity of the instrument.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The Italian version of the EDE 17.0D has adequate psychometric properties and can therefore be recommended for examining Italian patients with eating disorders in clinical and research settings.
authors: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy. si.calugi@gmail.com.
authors: Simona
authors: S
authors: Calugi
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
authors: Valdo
authors: V
authors: Ricca
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
authors: Giovanni
authors: G
authors: Castellini
authors: Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, University of Florence, Largo Brambilla 3, 50134, Florence, Italy.
authors: Carolina
authors: C
authors: Lo Sauro
authors: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors: Antonella
authors: A
authors: Ruocco
authors: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors: Elisa
authors: E
authors: Chignola
authors: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors: Marwan
authors: M
authors: El Ghoch
authors: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors: Riccardo
authors: R
authors: Dalle Grave
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
keywords: Eating disorder behaviours; Eating disorder examination; Italian translation; Psychometric characteristics; Reliability; Validity