Development and evaluation of a measure of treatment knowledge in guided self-help for eating disorders in a sample of healthcare students and professionals.

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Article in Eating and weight disorders : EWD, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Improving programme-led and focused interventions for eating disorders: An experts' consensus statement-A UK perspective.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2023
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Paul E JenkinsSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Earley Gate, Reading, RG6 6AL, UK. pej106@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1673-2903

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Abstract

purposeThe current study describes the development of a measure designed to assess treatment-specific competence in guided self-help (GSH) for eating disorders. The aim is to assess healthcare professionals' understanding of a popular treatment manual and associated material.

methodsAfter initial item development from a review of relevant literature, a range of healthcare staff and students (N = 127) completed a knowledge questionnaire. From these data, estimates of psychometric properties were made and a subset of the original sample completed the measure again after 6 weeks.

resultsThe final questionnaire consists of 40 items, demonstrating acceptable content validity, internal consistency, and reliability. Significant differences in the number of questions answered correctly were observed between experts in GSH and those with less experience.

conclusionsThis questionnaire offers a means of assessing therapist knowledge of GSH which demonstrates good psychometric properties. Further testing of this instrument is required to establish its full applicability. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE: Level IV.

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Feeding and Eating DisordersStudentsHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansPsychometricsReproducibility of ResultsSurveys and QuestionnairesEating disordersGuided self-helpKnowledgePsychometric evaluationQuestionnaireTraining

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PMID31243739

DOI10.1007/s40519-019-00737-1

PMCPMC7399678

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