Screening Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) in children: Outcomes from utilitarian versus specialist psychometrics.
Eat Behav
; 23: 162-167, 2016 12.
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ABSTRACT
This study assessed the specificity and sensitivity of two commonly used psychometric methods to assess ARFID in children. To achieve this, a sample of 329 mothers and one father completed the Behavioral Pediatrics Feeding Assessment Scale (BPFAS) and the Child Food Neophobia Scale (CFNS). A Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis indicated that both measures were able to successfully differentiate a known clinical sample from those of typically developing population. Although the BPFAS was more accurate at differentiating ARFID from the general population, the CFNS was acceptable and on some metrics better than its longer counterpart. The ability of a food neophobia scale to differentiate clinical and population samples, and detect gradation of food avoidance within the population sample, suggests that the multitude of psychometric measures available may be measuring similar constructs. Therefore, confidence can be expected in cross-site comparisons despite each using different psychometric measures of food avoidance in children.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Trastornos de Alimentación y de la Ingestión de Alimentos
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Tamizaje Masivo
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Ingestión de Alimentos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Eat Behav
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Año:
2016
Tipo del documento:
Article