TY - JOUR
T1 - Community norms for the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among transgender men and women
AU - Nagata, Jason M.
AU - Murray, Stuart B.
AU - Compte, Emilio J.
AU - Pak, Erica H.
AU - Schauer, Rebecca
AU - Flentje, Annesa
AU - Capriotti, Matthew R.
AU - Lubensky, Micah E.
AU - Lunn, Mitchell R.
AU - Obedin-Maliver, Juno
N1 - Funding Information:
JN was supported by the Pediatric Scientist Development Program ( K12 HD000850 ), the American Academy of Pediatrics , the American Pediatric Society , and the American Heart Association Career Development Award ( CDA34760281 ). MC was supported by a Clinical Research Training Fellowship from the American Academy of Neurology and the Tourette Association of America. SBM was supported by the National Institutes of Health ( K23 MH115184 ). EJC was supported by a post-doctoral research fellowship from the Fulbright Commission and the Argentine Ministry of Education . JOM was partially supported by K12DK111028 from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disorders . AF was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse ( K23DA039800 ). Research reported in this article was partially funded through a Patient‐Centered Out-comes Research Institute ( www.pcori.org ; PPRN‐1501‐26848 ) to MRL. The statements in this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute, its Board of Governors or Methodology Committee, or the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
JN was supported by the Pediatric Scientist Development Program (K12 HD000850), the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Pediatric Society, and the American Heart Association Career Development Award (CDA34760281). MC was supported by a Clinical Research Training Fellowship from the American Academy of Neurology and the Tourette Association of America. SBM was supported by the National Institutes of Health (K23 MH115184). EJC was supported by a post-doctoral research fellowship from the Fulbright Commission and the Argentine Ministry of Education. JOM was partially supported by K12DK111028 from the National Institute of Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Disorders. AF was supported by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (K23DA039800). Research reported in this article was partially funded through a Patient‐Centered Out-comes Research Institute (www.pcori.org; PPRN‐1501‐26848) to MRL. The statements in this article are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Patient‐Centered Outcomes Research Institute, its Board of Governors or Methodology Committee, or the National Institutes of Health.
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© 2020
PY - 2020/4
Y1 - 2020/4
N2 - Transgender men and women may be at risk for eating disorders, but prior community norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) are based on presumed cisgender men and woman and have not intentionally included transgender people. The objective of this study was to develop community norms for eating disorder attitudes and disordered eating behaviors in transgender men and women using the EDE-Q. Participants were 312 transgender men and 172 transgender women participants in The PRIDE Study, an existing cohort study of sexual and gender minority people. We present mean scores, standard deviations, and percentile ranks for the Global score and four subscale scores of the EDE-Q in transgender men and women. Transgender men and women reported any occurrence (≥1/week) of dietary restraint (25.0% and 27.9%), objective binge episodes (11.2% and 12.8%), excessive exercise (8.0% and 8.1%), self-induced vomiting (1.6% and 1.7%), and laxative misuse (.3% and .6%), respectively. Compared to a prior study of presumed cisgender men 18–26 years (Lavender, De Young, & Anderson, 2010), our age-matched subsample of transgender men reported lower rates of objective binge episodes and excessive exercise. Compared to a prior study of presumed cisgender women 18–42 years (Mond, Hay, Rodgers, & Owen, 2006), we found that an age-matched sample of transgender women reported higher rates of dietary restraint but lower rates of excessive exercise. These norms should aid clinicians in applying and researchers in investigating and interpreting the EDE-Q scores of transgender men and women.
AB - Transgender men and women may be at risk for eating disorders, but prior community norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) are based on presumed cisgender men and woman and have not intentionally included transgender people. The objective of this study was to develop community norms for eating disorder attitudes and disordered eating behaviors in transgender men and women using the EDE-Q. Participants were 312 transgender men and 172 transgender women participants in The PRIDE Study, an existing cohort study of sexual and gender minority people. We present mean scores, standard deviations, and percentile ranks for the Global score and four subscale scores of the EDE-Q in transgender men and women. Transgender men and women reported any occurrence (≥1/week) of dietary restraint (25.0% and 27.9%), objective binge episodes (11.2% and 12.8%), excessive exercise (8.0% and 8.1%), self-induced vomiting (1.6% and 1.7%), and laxative misuse (.3% and .6%), respectively. Compared to a prior study of presumed cisgender men 18–26 years (Lavender, De Young, & Anderson, 2010), our age-matched subsample of transgender men reported lower rates of objective binge episodes and excessive exercise. Compared to a prior study of presumed cisgender women 18–42 years (Mond, Hay, Rodgers, & Owen, 2006), we found that an age-matched sample of transgender women reported higher rates of dietary restraint but lower rates of excessive exercise. These norms should aid clinicians in applying and researchers in investigating and interpreting the EDE-Q scores of transgender men and women.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101381
DO - 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2020.101381
M3 - Article
C2 - 32416588
AN - SCOPUS:85084402749
SN - 1471-0153
VL - 37
JO - Eating Behaviors
JF - Eating Behaviors
M1 - 101381
ER -