Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Patients in the Department of Health Promotion

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Department of Health Promotion at Aalborg University Hospital gets patients referred from all the hospital's departments. The Department of Health Promotion offers lifestyle courses to aid preventing disease relapses and further comorbidities to patients referred to other ambulatory treatments at the hospital. For most patients this also includes weight loss, but the primary goal is lifestyle change regarding eating and exercise habits to improve overall health state. Since it is known that eating disorders commonly occurs in individuals seeking help for weight loss, and that the prevalence is larger than in the background population, we also suspect that eating disorders would commonly occur among patients referred to the Department of Health Promotion. Therefore, we aim to investigate the prevalence of eating disorders among patients referred to lifestyle courses at the Department of Health Promotion.

Official Title
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Prevalence of Eating Disorders Among Patients in the Department of Health Promotion

Conditions
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Eating Disorders

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: Single group


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients referred to the Department of Health Promotion at Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark Exclusion Criteria: Under age 18 Not able to read and understand Danish Not able to recieve mail in the danish digital postbox, e-Boks

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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No

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Study group<br>Descriptive study | Behavioral: Single group<br>* Survey<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) | The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a 28-item self-reported questionnaire adapted from the semi-structured interview Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) and designed to assess the range and severity of features associated with a diagnosis of eating disorder using 4 subscales (Restraint, Eating Concern, Shape Concern and Weight Concern) and a global score. The EDE-Q generates two types of data: frequency data on key behavioural features of eating disorders in terms of number of episodes of the behaviour, and subscale scores reflecting the severity of characteristics of eating disorders. Higher scores on the global scale and subscales denote more problematic eating behaviours and attitudes. | 10 minutes | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Binge Eating Disorder Questionnaire (BED-Q) | The Binge Eating Disorder Questionnaire (BED-Q) is a 9-item self-reported questionnaire. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale. Scores range between 0-32 and higher scores denote more problematic binge eating disorder. A diagnostic score that determine patient is diagnosed with Binge Eating Disorder or not can be calculated. 1 item rated yes or no and other items are used to calculated a diagnostic score. | 5 minutes | 
| Grazing Questionnaire (GQ) | Grazing Questionnaire (GQ) is a 8-item self-reported questionnaire to measure behaviours and cognitions specific to grazing. Items are rated on a 5-point Likert-type rating scale where higher scores represent more grazing behaviours and cognitions. Scores are summes to form a total score (range: 0-32). | 5 minutes |