Table 3.
The Reports of EAT-26 in Western Countries
| Country Studied (Year) |
Samples | Scores Above Cutoff Point (Male) |
Scores Above Cutoff Point (Female) |
Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada (1993) | 181 female students (11-18 yrs) |
#x000A0; | 14.2% | Leichner et al[39] |
| Canada (1994) | High school - number not given |
#x000A0; | 14.1% | Leichner et al[39] |
| Switzerland (1996) | College students - number not given |
1.5% | 8.3% | Buddeberg-Ficher et al[34] |
| Poland (1996) | 747 school girls (14-16 yrs) |
#x000A0; | 11.5% | Wlodarczyk-Bisaga and Dolan[67] |
| Germany (1998) (EAT-40) |
Public ballet school students - number not given |
#x000A0; | 21.6% | Neumarker et al[40] |
| USA (1999) | College students | 10% | 20% | Nelson et al[68] |
| USA (2000) | 865 college students | #x000A0; | 20.17% | Anstine et al[69] |
| Canada (2001) | 1739 girls | #x000A0; | #x000A0; | Jones et al[35 |
| 12-14 yrs | 13% | |||
| 15-18 yrs | 16% | |||
| USA (2002) | College students - number not given |
4% | 10.9% | Hoerr et al[36] |
| Spain (2002) | 1025 students (14-19 yrs) | 0.4% | 16.9% | Ballester et al[33] |
| UK (2002) | Female students - number not given |
#x000A0; | #x000A0; | Szweda and Thorne[41] |
| Medical | 20% | |||
| Nursing | 19% | |||
| Arts | 21% | |||
| USA (2003) | 155 female (16-22 yrs) | #x000A0; | 26% | Graber et al[37] |