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SCOFF, the development of an eating disorder screening questionnaire
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Objective: This article describes the three‐stage development of the SCOFF, a screening tool for eating disorders. Method: Study 1 details questionnaire development and testing on cases and controls. Study 2 examines reliability of verbal versus written administration in a student population. Study 3 validates the test as a screening tool in primary care. Results: The SCOFF demonstrates good validity compared with DSM‐IV diagnosis on clinical interview. In the primary care setting it had a sensitivity of 84.6% and a specificity of 89.6%, detecting all true cases of anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa and seven of nine cases of EDNOS. Reliability between written and verbal versions of the SCOFF was high, with a kappa statistic of 0.82. Discussion: The SCOFF, which has been adapted for use in diverse languages, appears highly effective as a screening instrument and has been widely adopted to raise the index of suspicion of an eating disorder. © 2009 by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Eat Disord 2010
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- Hill, L. S., Reid, F., Morgan, J. F., & Lacey, J. H.
- Venue
- International Journal of Eating Disorders
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2009-04-02
- Volume
- 43
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 344-351
- ISSN
- 0276-3478 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-108X
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- W2028667212
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- 285
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 6.08
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- journal article
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- en
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