TY - JOUR
T1 - The Tamil Version of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18V2
T2 - Reliability and Factor Structure Among Persons with Schizophrenia
AU - Swarnameenaa, G.
AU - Durairaj, Jothilakshmi
AU - Hariharan, Nithyashri
AU - Madhavan, Vaishnavi K.
AU - Arunachaleeswaran, Pavithra
AU - Venkatraman, Lakshmi
AU - Sankaranarayanan, Anoop
AU - Ramachandran, Padmavati
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 The Author(s).
PY - 2024/3
Y1 - 2024/3
N2 - Background: Persons with schizophrenia (PwS) are vulnerable to developing disordered eating behaviors. However, standardized tools to assess disordered eating patterns are unavailable in the regional language, Tamil. Different versions of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) have been used to measure disordered eating patterns among PwS worldwide. This study aimed to assess the factor structure and reliability of the Tamil version of TFEQ-R18V2 among Tamil-speaking PwS. Methods: Over three months, 135 PwS, aged 18-65 years, who attended the outpatient department of a tertiary mental health service provider in Chennai, completed the Tamil version of TFEQ-R18V2. Thirty PwS completed the tool after two weeks to assess its test-retest reliability. The factor structure of the tool was explored using principal component analysis. Results: The sample included 75 (55.6%) males and 60 (44.4%) females with a mean (±SD) age of 40.1 (±9.8) years and a mean duration of illness of 11.99 (± 8.72) years. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Tamil version were 0.84 and 0.532, respectively. A five-factor structure emerged from the factor analysis, with 65.67% of the variance. Conclusion: The Tamil version of TFEQ-R18V2 emerged as a reliable tool to assess disordered eating patterns among Tamil-speaking PwS.
AB - Background: Persons with schizophrenia (PwS) are vulnerable to developing disordered eating behaviors. However, standardized tools to assess disordered eating patterns are unavailable in the regional language, Tamil. Different versions of the Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) have been used to measure disordered eating patterns among PwS worldwide. This study aimed to assess the factor structure and reliability of the Tamil version of TFEQ-R18V2 among Tamil-speaking PwS. Methods: Over three months, 135 PwS, aged 18-65 years, who attended the outpatient department of a tertiary mental health service provider in Chennai, completed the Tamil version of TFEQ-R18V2. Thirty PwS completed the tool after two weeks to assess its test-retest reliability. The factor structure of the tool was explored using principal component analysis. Results: The sample included 75 (55.6%) males and 60 (44.4%) females with a mean (±SD) age of 40.1 (±9.8) years and a mean duration of illness of 11.99 (± 8.72) years. Internal consistency and test-retest reliability of the Tamil version were 0.84 and 0.532, respectively. A five-factor structure emerged from the factor analysis, with 65.67% of the variance. Conclusion: The Tamil version of TFEQ-R18V2 emerged as a reliable tool to assess disordered eating patterns among Tamil-speaking PwS.
KW - Disordered eating behaviors
KW - Reliability
KW - Schizophrenia
KW - Translation
KW - Validity
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U2 - 10.1177/02537176231210401
DO - 10.1177/02537176231210401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85179700923
SN - 0253-7176
VL - 46
SP - 125
EP - 130
JO - Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
JF - Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine
IS - 2
ER -