title: [Design and validation of a questionnaire to assess the level of general knowledge on eating disorders in students of Health Sciences].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To design and validate a questionnaire to assess the level of knowledge regarding eating disorders in college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  Observational, prospective, and longitudinal study, with the design of the questionnaire based on a conceptual review and validation by a cognitive pre-test and pilot test-retest, with analysis of the psychometric properties in each application.
  
  
  METHODS
  University Foundation of Bages, Barcelona. Marco community care.
  
  
  METHODS
  A total of 140 students from Health Sciences; 53 women and 87 men with a mean age of 21.87 years; 28 participated in the pre-test and 112 in the test-retests, 110 students completed the study.
  
  
  METHODS
  Validity and stability study using Cronbach α and Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient statistics; relationship skills with sex and type of study, non-parametric statistical Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests; for demographic variables, absolute or percentage frequencies, as well as mean, central tendency and standard deviation as measures of dispersion were calculated. The statistical significance level was 95% confidence.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The questionnaire was obtained that had 10 questions divided into four dimensions (classification, demographics characteristics of patients, risk factors and clinical manifestations of eating disorders). The scale showed good internal consistency in its final version (Cronbach α=0.724) and adequate stability (Pearson correlation 0.749).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The designed tool can be accurately used to assess Health Sciences students' knowledge of eating disorders.
authors.affiliation: Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Cataluña, Campus Manresa (U-Manresa), Barcelona, España. Electronic address: vsanchez@fub.edu.
authors.forename: Violeida
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sánchez Socarrás
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Ciencias de la Salud, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Alicia
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aguilar Martínez
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Bienestar, Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Cataluña, Campus Vic, Vic, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vaqué Crusellas
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud y el Bienestar, Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Cataluña, Campus Vic, Vic, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Raimon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Milá Villarroel
authors.affiliation: Estudios de Ciencias de la Salud, Universidad de Vic-Universidad Central de Cataluña, Campus Manresa (U-Manresa), Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Fabián
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: González Rivas
mesh_terms: D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013334:Students; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Cuestionario; Eating disorders; Estudios de validación; Questionnaire; Reproducibilidad de resultados; Reproducibility of results; Trastornos alimentarios; Validation studies