TY  - JOUR
AB  - Introduction. Starvation symptoms in people with anorexia nervosa determine profound personality changes and contribute to maintaining the psychopathology of eating disorders. The aim of this study is to describe the design and validation of the Italian version of the Starvation Symptom Inventory (SSI).
Methods. 150 female patients with anorexia nervosa, 30 patients with non-underweight eating disorder, 15 patients with bipolar disorder in depressive phase and 341 healthy controls were recruited. Patients with anorexia nervosa completed the Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire and the Brief Symptoms Inventory, while all participants evaluated their starvation symptoms on a Likert scale (0-6) reporting the number of days in which they had experienced them in the previous 28 days.
Results. The factorial analysis of the SSI on the sample of patients with anorexia nervosa identified a single factor that explains about half of the variance. The questionnaire showed a good internal consistency (a = 0.91) and reliability test-retest (r = 0.90). The overall SSI score was significantly correlated with the psychopathology of eating disorders and the general psychopathology, demonstrating a good convergent validity. SSI scores were significantly higher in patients with anorexia nervosa than healthy controls, non-underweight patients with eating disorder and patients with bipolar disorder in the depressive phase.
Conclusions. The Italian version of the SSI is a promising tool for assessing symptoms of starvation and their change during weight restoration in patients with anorexia nervosa that can be easily integrated into clinical practice.
AU  - Calugi, Simona
AU  - Sermattei, Selvaggia
AU  - Dalle Grave, Riccardo
DA  - 2019/02/15
DO  - 10.32044/ijedo.2019.02
KW  - Anorexia nervosa
Eating disorder
Starvation symptoms
Dietary restraint
Validity
Reliability
Factor analysis
M3  - Original article
PY  - 2019
SN  - 2612-6354
SP  - 8-16
ST  - Versione italiana dello Starvation Symptom Inventory: un questionario per valutare i sintomi da malnutrizione nei disturbi dell’alimentazione
T2  - IJEDO
TI  - Versione italiana dello Starvation Symptom Inventory: un questionario per valutare i sintomi da malnutrizione nei disturbi dell’alimentazione
UR  - https://www.doi.org/10.32044/ijedo.2019.02
VL  - 1
ID  - 2436
ER  -