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. 2008 Dec 10;35(2):89–94. [Article in Spanish] doi: 10.1157/13071915

Validación del cuestionario SCOFF para el cribado de los trastornos del comportamiento alimentario en adolescentes escolarizadas☆

Validation of the scoff questionnaire for screening the eating behaviour disorders of adolescents in school

GE Rueda Jaimes a,⁎, LA Díaz Martínez a, DP Ortiz Barajas b, C Pinzón Plata b, J Rodríguez Martínez b, LP Cadena Afanador a
PMCID: PMC7684380  PMID: 15727751

Abstract

Objetivo

Determinar la consistencia interna y la validez de criterio del cuestionario SCOFF en adolescentes para el cribado de los trastornos de la conducta alimentaria (TCA).

Diseño

Estudio de validación con muestreo probabilístico.

Emplazamiento

Tres colegios en Bucaramanga, Colombia.

Participantes

Un total de 241 estudiantes seleccionadas al azar entre 1.595 elegibles.

Intervenciones principales

Cuestionario SCOFF y entrevista semiestructurada CIDI, aplicados de manera independiente.

Mediciones principales

Características demográficas, prueba alfa de Cronbach, análisis de sensibilidad, especificidad, valores predictivos, prueba kappa media de Cohen y curva ROC.

Resultados

La sensibilidad encontrada fue del 81,9% (intervalo de confianza [IC] del 95%, 70,7-89,7) y la especificidad, del 78,7% (IC del 95%, 71,7-84,6). El área bajo la curva ROC fue de 0,8596 (IC del 95%, 0,8108-0,9084); la prueba alfa de Cronbach fue de 0,436 y la kappa media de Cohen, de 0,554 (IC del 95%, 0,425-0,683).

Conclusiones

El cuestionario SCOFF es una alternativa aceptable para el cribado de grupos de población adolescente por su sencillez y rapidez de administración.

Palabras clave: Trastorno de la conducta alimentaria, Anorexia nerviosa, Bulimia nerviosa, Cribado, Adolescentes

Footnotes

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Trabajo producto del proceso de investigación formativa de la Facultad de Medicina de la Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga.

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