TY - JOUR
T1 - Bias in binge eating disorder
T2 - How representative are recruited clinic samples?
AU - Wilfley, Denise E.
AU - Pike, Kathleen M.
AU - Dohm, Faith Anne
AU - Striegel-Moore, Ruth H.
AU - Fairburn, Christopher G.
PY - 2001
Y1 - 2001
N2 - The aim of this study was to investigate sampling bias as it affects recruited clinic samples of binge eating disorder (BED). Demographic and clinical characteristics of a recruited clinic sample were compared with a community sample. The 2 groups met the same operational definition of BED and were assessed using the same primarily interview-based methods. Ethnicity, severity of binge eating, and social maladjustment were found to increase treatment seeking among participants with BED rather than levels of psychiatric distress or comorbidity. These findings suggest that previous studies using recruited clinic samples have not biased estimates of psychiatric comorbidity in BED.
AB - The aim of this study was to investigate sampling bias as it affects recruited clinic samples of binge eating disorder (BED). Demographic and clinical characteristics of a recruited clinic sample were compared with a community sample. The 2 groups met the same operational definition of BED and were assessed using the same primarily interview-based methods. Ethnicity, severity of binge eating, and social maladjustment were found to increase treatment seeking among participants with BED rather than levels of psychiatric distress or comorbidity. These findings suggest that previous studies using recruited clinic samples have not biased estimates of psychiatric comorbidity in BED.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/0034922568
U2 - 10.1037/0022-006X.69.3.383
DO - 10.1037/0022-006X.69.3.383
M3 - Article
C2 - 11495168
AN - SCOPUS:0034922568
SN - 0022-006X
VL - 69
SP - 383
EP - 388
JO - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
JF - Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
IS - 3
ER -