Validating the Persian Intuitive Eating Scale-2 among breast cancer survivors who are overweight/obese

Nejati, B, Fan, C-W, Boone, WJ, Griffiths, MD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8880-6524, Lin, C-Y and Pakpour, AH, 2021. Validating the Persian Intuitive Eating Scale-2 among breast cancer survivors who are overweight/obese. Evaluation & the Health Professions, 44 (4), pp. 385-394. ISSN 0163-2787

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Abstract

Women with breast cancer are at risk of being overweight/obese which may consequently increase mortality. Intuitive eating is an adaptive eating behavior which might be beneficial for weight outcomes. The present study validated the Persian Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) among overweight/obese Iranian females with breast cancer. Women who were overweight/obese with breast cancer (n = 762; mean ± SD age = 55.1 ± 5.7 years) completed the following questionnaires: IES-2, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE-6), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Short Form-12 (SF-12), Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS), Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2), and Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Rasch analysis were applied to examine the psychometric properties of the IES-2. Associations between IES-2 score and other scale scores were assessed. CFA and Rasch analysis suggested that the Persian IES-2 had robust psychometric properties and all IES-2 items were meaningful in their embedded domains. The four-factor structure of the Persian IES-2 was confirmed. Concurrent validity was supported by the positive correlations between the IES-2 score and scores on the GSE-6, SF-12 mental component, and BAS-2. Negative correlations were found between the IES-2 score and the HADS (anxiety and depression subscales), WBIS, and EAT-26. The present study demonstrated that the Persian IES-2 is a well-designed instrument and is applicable for women who are overweight/obese with breast cancer.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Evaluation & the Health Professions
Creators:	Nejati, B., Fan, C.-W., Boone, W.J., Griffiths, M.D., Lin, C.-Y. and Pakpour, A.H.
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Date:	December 2021
Volume:	44
Number:	4
ISSN:	0163-2787
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1177/0163278720965688 DOI 1378250 Other
Rights:	© The Author(s) 2020.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	16 Oct 2020 14:18
Last Modified:	24 Feb 2022 08:59
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/41335

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