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A simple 5 item questionnaire accurately detected eating disorders in women in primary care

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebm.8.3.90

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    (2002) BMJ 325, 755. Luck AJ, Morgan JF, Reid F, et al.. The SCOFF questionnaire and clinical interview for eating disorders in general practice: comparative study.. ;. :. –6.
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 QUESTION: Does a simple 5 item questionnaire (SCOFF questionnaire) accurately detect eating disorders in primary care?

    Design

    Blinded comparison of the SCOFF questionnaire and a clinical diagnostic interview based on DSM-IV criteria.

    Setting

    2 general practices in southwest London, UK.

    Patients

    341 sequential women (18–50 y) attending the primary care clinics.

    Description of test and diagnostic standard

    Women were verbally asked the 5 SCOFF questions*: Do you ever make yourself sick because you feel uncomfortably full? Do you worry you have lost control over how much you eat? Have you recently lost more than one stone (approximately 6 kg) in a 3 month period? Do you believe yourself to be fat when others say you are too thin? Would you say that food dominates your life? Each positive response (yes) is given …

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    • Source of funding: no external funding.

    • For correspondence: Dr J F Morgan, St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK. jmorgan{at}sghms.ac.uk

    • ↵* Copyright of St George’s Hospital Medical School, London, UK, 1999.