Adaptation and Evaluation of the Clinical Impairment Assessment to Assess Disordered Eating Related Distress in an Adolescent Female Ethnic Fijian Population

作者：Becker Anne E^*; Thomas Jennifer J; Bainivualiku Asenaca; Richards Lauren; Navara Kesaia; Roberts Andrea L; Gilman Stephen E; Striegel Moore Ruth H

来源：International Journal of Eating Disorders, 2010, 43(2): 179-186.

DOI：10.1002/eat.20665

• eating disorder
• Clinical Impairment Assessment
• distress
• cross-cultural
• Fiji

Objective: Measurement of disease-related Impairment and distress is central to diagnostic, therapeutic. and health policy considerations for eating disorders across diverse populations This study evaluates psychometric properties of a translated and adapted version of the Clinical Impairment Assessment (CIA) in an ethnic Fijian population
Method: The adapted CIA was administered to ethnic Fijian adolescent schoolgirls (N = 215) We calculated Cronbach's alpha to assess the Internal consistency, examined the association between indicators of eating disorder symptom severity and the CIA to assess construct and criterion validity, and compared the strength of relation between the CIA and measures of disordered eating versus with measures of generalized distress
Results: The Fijian version of the CIA is feasible to administer as art Investigator-based interview it has excellent Internal consistency (alpha = 0 93) Both construct and criterion validity were supported by the data, and regression models indicated that the CIA predicts eating disorder severity, even when controlling for generalized distress and psychopathology
Discussion: The adapted CIA has excellent psychometric properties In this Fijian study population Findings suggest that th

• 出版日期2010-3