A Pilot Study Evaluating a Binge-Eating Screener in Children: Development of the Children's Brief Binge-Eating Questionnaire in a Pediatric Obesity Clinic. (September 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Franklin, Elizabeth Victor; Simpson, Vanessa; Berthet-Miron, Michelle; Gupta, Olga T.; Barlow, Sarah E.
• Is Part Of: Clinical pediatrics. Volume 58:Number 10(2019)
• Page Start: 1063
• Page End: 1071
• Publication Date: 2019-09
• Subjects: obesity -- binge eating -- mental health screening -- pediatric obesity -- eating disorder; Pediatrics -- Periodicals; 618.920005
• DOI: 10.1177/0009922819863664
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0009-9228

Abstract

Children referred to pediatric obesity programs are at high risk of binge-eating disorder (BED) symptoms. Our goal was to develop and evaluate the Children's Brief Binge-Eating Questionnaire (CBBEQ) as a rapid screen of BED symptomatology. Seventy patients between the ages of 7 and 18 years (57% females) completed the CBBEQ and underwent the Eating Disorder Assessment for DSM-5 (EDA). Reliability and validity were assessed by examining results of the CBBEQ compared with the EDA, as well as measures of sleep, depression, and anxiety. Twenty-four of seventy (34%) children met full diagnostic interview criteria for BED and 12 (17%) met subclinical criteria. The CBBEQ demonstrated 100% specificity, 93% sensitivity, and a 100% negative predictive value for BED at a cutoff total score of 9. If confirmed in larger sample, this questionnaire could be a quick and accurate clinical tool for non–mental health providers to identify children at risk for BED.