Eating Disorder Examination

The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) is the gold standard interview assessment of eating disorder psychopathology. It provides an assessment of the range and severity of eating disorder symptoms. The EDE can also generate eating disorder diagnoses.The Eating Disorder Examination (EDE) is the gold standard interview assessment of eating disorder psychopathology. It provides an assessment of the range and severity of eating disorder symptoms. The EDE can also generate eating disorder diagnoses.

Assessment format: Test battery Objective/subjective: Objective

Administration type: Clinician/researcher Structured interview?

Yes

Timeframe:

Past month and past 2 or 3 months.

Approx time: 60+ minutes

Access information:

Fairburn, C. G., Cooper, Z., and O'Connor, M., (2014). The Eating Disorder Examination (17.0). https://www.credo-oxford.com/7.2.html

Manual details:

Available on their website: https://www.credo-oxford.com/7.2.html

Free to Use?

Please note that the EDE-Q remains freely available for non-commercial clinical and research use, provided that:

The measure is replicated exactly, including all response categories;
Appropriate copyright information is included;
Users are aware that the norms and guidance were developed based on the pen-and-paper version

For full information including permissions: https://www.cbte.co/for-professionals/measures/

You can purchase commercial licenses at the following links:

Standard Commercial Licence: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). Up to 100 users | University of Oxford

Enterprise Commercial Licence: The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q). Over 100 users | University of Oxford

Original EDE paper: Fairburn, & Beglin, S. J. (1994). Assessment of eating disorders: Interview or self-report questionnaire? The International Journal of Eating Disorders, 16(4), 363–370.

EDE – Assessment Training Requirements

EDE – Gold Consensus Scores

EDE – Training Practice Scoring Comparison Excel File (.xlsx)

EDE – Instructions for Calculating Intraclass Correlations for Inter-rater Reliability

EDE – Inter-rater Reliability Testing (requires SPSS to open file)

Note the SPSS file download may not work with Google Chrome, in which case please try a different browser.

Please find demonstration videos for the EDE below – exploring a range of potential symptom presentations. Please note that the correct number for the video, is that stated in the video title – these are the titles that match the Gold Consensus Scores. Please disregard the number presented on the initial video shot.