title: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire: reliability and validity of the Italian version.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine the validity and reliability of a new Italian language version of the latest edition of the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q 6.0).
  
  
  METHODS
  The sixth edition of the EDE-Q was translated into Italian and administered to 264 Italian-speaking inpatient and outpatient (257 females in their mid-20s) with eating disorder (75.4% anorexia nervosa) and 216 controls (205 females).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Internal consistency was high for both the global EDE-Q and all subscale scores. Test-retest reliability was good to excellent (0.66-0.83) for global and subscale scores, and for items assessing key behavioral features of eating disorders (0.55-0.91). Patients with an eating disorder displayed significantly higher EDE-Q scores than controls, demonstrating the good criterion validity of the tool. Confirmatory factor analysis revealed a good fit for a modified seven-item three-factor structure.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study showed the good psychometric properties of the new Italian version of the EDE-Q 6.0, and validated its use in Italian eating disorder patients, particularly in young females with anorexia nervosa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy. sim-cal@libero.it.
authors.forename: Simona
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Calugi
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological and Movement Sciences, University of Verona, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Milanese
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sartirana
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Marwan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: El Ghoch
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Federica
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Sartori
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Eleonora
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Geccherle
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Coppini
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.affiliation: Department of Eating and Weight Disorders, Villa Garda Hospital, Via Montebaldo, 89, 37016, Garda, Verona, Italy.
authors.forename: Riccardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dalle Grave
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014177:Translations; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Eating disorder; Italian translation; Psychometric characteristics; Questionnaire; Reliability; Validity