Eating Disorder Examination (EDE)
Description
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.
Administration details
Yes
Timeframe:Past month and past 2 or 3 months.
Approx time: 60+ minutesAccessing the assessment and manual 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
- Available on their website: https://www.credo-oxford.com/7.2.html
License details
Yes
Further information:
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.
Resources and Documentation:
EDE – Assessment Training Requirements
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.