Jason M Nagata1, Matthew R Capriotti2,3,4, Stuart B Murray5, Emilio J Compte5,6,7, Scott Griffiths8, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo3,9, Juno Obedin-Maliver4,10, Annesa Flentje4,5,11, Micah E Lubensky4,12, Mitchell R Lunn4,12. 1. Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. 2. Department of Psychology, San José State University, San Jose, California, USA. 3. Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. 4. The PRIDE Study/PRIDEnet, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. 5. Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. 6. School of Human and Behavioral Sciences, Favaloro University, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 7. DBT-Eating Disorders Team, Fundación Foro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 8. Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. 9. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. 10. Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA. 11. Department of Community Health Systems, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA. 12. Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Prior norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among men have not considered sexual orientation. This study's objective was to assess EDE-Q community norms among cisgender gay men. METHOD: Participants were 978 self-identified cisgender gay men from The PRIDE Study recruited in 2018. RESULTS: We present mean scores and standard deviations for the EDE-Q among cisgender gay men ages 18-82. Among cisgender gay men, 4.0% scored in the clinically significant range on the global score, 5.7% on the restraint, 2.1% on the eating concern, 10.5% on the weight concern, and 21.4% on the shape concern subscales of the EDE-Q. The global score as well as weight and shape concerns in a young adult subsample (18-26 years) from The PRIDE Study were higher than previously reported norms in young men (Lavender, 2010). Participants reported any occurrence (≥1/28 days) of dietary restraint (19.8%), objective binge episodes (10.9%), excessive exercise (10.1%), laxative misuse (1.1%), and self-induced vomiting (0.6%). Binge eating, excessive exercise, and self-induced vomiting in The PRIDE Study subsample were lower than previously reported in young men. DISCUSSION: We provide EDE-Q norms among cisgender gay men, which should aid clinicians and researchers to interpret the EDE-Q scores of cisgender gay men.
OBJECTIVE: Prior norms of the Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) among men have not considered sexual orientation. This study's objective was to assess EDE-Q community norms among cisgender gay men. METHOD:Participants were 978 self-identified cisgender gay men from The PRIDE Study recruited in 2018. RESULTS: We present mean scores and standard deviations for the EDE-Q among cisgender gay men ages 18-82. Among cisgender gay men, 4.0% scored in the clinically significant range on the global score, 5.7% on the restraint, 2.1% on the eating concern, 10.5% on the weight concern, and 21.4% on the shape concern subscales of the EDE-Q. The global score as well as weight and shape concerns in a young adult subsample (18-26 years) from The PRIDE Study were higher than previously reported norms in young men (Lavender, 2010). Participants reported any occurrence (≥1/28 days) of dietary restraint (19.8%), objective binge episodes (10.9%), excessive exercise (10.1%), laxative misuse (1.1%), and self-induced vomiting (0.6%). Binge eating, excessive exercise, and self-induced vomiting in The PRIDE Study subsample were lower than previously reported in young men. DISCUSSION: We provide EDE-Q norms among cisgender gay men, which should aid clinicians and researchers to interpret the EDE-Q scores of cisgender gay men.
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