Table 4.

Pearson correlation between IEDQOL and construction-related instruments in the total sample

	IEDQOL-P	IEDQOL-PC	IEDQOL-F	IEDQOL-WS	IEDQOL-I	IEDQOL-TS
IIP32
PA	0.300**	0.280**	0.315**	0.319**	0.257**	0.349**
BC	0.485**	0.457**	0.402**	0.393**	0.312**	0.512**
DE	0.578**	0.577**	0.490**	0.515**	0.518**	0.653**
FG	0.500**	0.494**	0.282**	0.411**	0.419**	0.542**
HI	0.504**	0.510**	0.304**	0.440**	0.336**	0.548**
JK	0.408**	0.447**	0.232**	0.380**	0.333**	0.463**
LM	0.508**	0.528**	0.291**	0.425**	0.360**	0.544**
NO	0.240**	0.197**	0.175**	0.195**	0.137**	0.225**
EDE-Q
Restraint	0.732**	0.698**	0.393**	0.584**	0.352**	0.740**
Eating concern	0.807**	0.731**	0.457**	0.627**	0.453**	0.813**
Shape concern	0.852**	0.722**	0.451**	0.613**	0.465**	0.831**
Weight concern	0.838**	0.718**	0.447**	0.629**	0.410**	0.818**
Global score	0.866**	0.767**	0.468**	0.657**	0.450**	0.858**
SOC
Comprehensibility	− 0.595**	− 0.548**	− 0.379**	− 0.461**	− 0.540**	− 0.642**
Manageability	− 0.625**	− 0.562**	− 0.364**	− 0.477**	− 0.472**	− 0.643**
Meaningfulness	− 0.639**	− 0.580**	− 0.479**	− 0.506**	− 0.515**	− 0.678**
Total score	− 0.683**	− 0.622**	− 0.451**	− 0.531**	− 0.565**	− 0.721**
SF-12
PCS-12	− 0.510**	− 0.556**	− 0.422**	− 0.374**	− 0.229**	− 0.566**
MCS-12	− 0.619**	− 0.596**	− 0.322**	-0.550**	− 0.569**	− 0.671**
PHQ total score	0.760**	0.758**	0.490**	0.604**	0.494**	0.808**
BSI-GSI	0.745**	0.754**	0.435**	0.649**	0.503**	0.808**
Age	0.008	0.21	0.165**	− 0.159**	− 0.104*	− 0.031
BMI	0.081	− 0.150**	0.008	− 0.191**	− 0.040	− 0.056

IEDQOL Italian Eating Disorders Quality of Life, P psychological, PC physical/cognitive, F financial, WS work/school, I interpersonal, TS total Score, IIP32 Inventory of Interpersonal Problems, IIP33-PA Domineering/Controlling subscale, IIP32-BC Vindictive/Self-centered subscale, IIP32-DE cold/ distant subscale, IIP32-FG socially inhibited/avoidant subscale, IIP32-HI non-assertive subscale, IIP32-JK overly accommodating/exploitable subscale, IIP32-LM self-sacrificing/overly nurturant subscale, IIP32-NO intrusive/needy subscale, EDE-Q eating disorder examination questionnaire, SOC sense of coherence, SF-12 short form of health survey, SF12-PCS physical score short form, SF12-MCS mental health short form, PHQ patient health questionnaire, BSI-GSI Brief Symptom Inventory—Global Severity Index, SD standard deviation

**p < 0.001