Author(s): Dufour R; Steiger H; Booij L;

Objective: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q) is a widely-used measure of eating-disorder symptoms. However, inconsistent replication of the subscale structure raises concern about validity. To provide a rigorous test of the EDE-Q's dimensionality and item-quality, we applied modern and classical test theory approaches to data obtai ...

Article GUID: 39548958

Author(s): Dufour R; Breton É; Morin AJS; Côté SM; Dubois L; Vitaro F; Boivin M; Tremblay RE; Booij L;

Background: Cross-sectional studies have shown that hyperactivity and impaired executive functioning are associated with symptoms of eating disorders in adolescence and adulthood. Whether hyperactivity and executive functions in early life can prospectively predict the emergence of eating disorde ...

Article GUID: 37833803

Author(s): Novack K; Dufour R; Picard L; Taddeo D; Nadeau PO; Katzman DK; Booij L; Chadi N;

Background: As a result of the public health measures put in place during the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, many health services, including those for the treatment of eating disorders, were provided at a distance. This study aims to describe the adaptations made in specialized pediatric eating disorder programs in Canada and the impact of these adaptations ...

Article GUID: 37101241

Author(s): Dufour R; Novack K; Picard L; Chadi N; Booij L;

Background: Adolescence and young adulthood is a high-risk period for the development of eating disorders. In recent years, there has been an increase in use of technology-based interventions (TBIs) for the treatment of eating disorders. The objective of this study was to determine the types of technology used for eating disorder treatment in youth and th ...

Article GUID: 36434657

Author(s): Novack K; Dufour R; Picard L; Booij L; Chadi N;

Background: The incidence of eating disorders (EDs) among adolescents has significantly increased since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Hybrid care, which combines web-based and in-person modalities, is a promising approach for adolescents with EDs but remains understudied in this population. Objective: We aimed to implement a novel hybrid (web-b ...

Article GUID: 36322118

Author(s): Chen Q; Allot A; Leaman R; Islamaj R; Du J; Fang L; Wang K; Xu S; Zhang Y; Bagherzadeh P; Bergler S; Bhatnagar A; Bhavsar N; Chang YC; Lin SJ; Tang W; Zhang H; Tavchioski I; Pollak S; Tian S; Zhang J; Otmakhova Y; Yepes AJ; Dong H; Wu H; ...

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been severely impacting global society since December 2019. The related findings such as vaccine and drug development have been reported in biomedical literature-at a rate of about 10 000 articles on COVID-19 per month. Such rapid growth signif ...

Article GUID: 36043400

Author(s): Breton É; Dufour R; Côté SM; Dubois L; Vitaro F; Boivin M; Tremblay RE; Booij L;

Background: Adolescence is a critical period for the development of eating disorders, but data is lacking on the heterogeneity of their evolution during that time-period. Group-based trajectories can be used to understand how eating disorders emerge and evolve over time. The aim of this study was to identify groups of individuals with distinct levels of e ...

Article GUID: 35725645