Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire
EDE-Q is a self-report version of the Eating Disorder Examination. This page is for clinics. It is not a medical-risk tool and not a public test.
Overview
What is the EDE-Q?
The Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire asks about restraint, eating concern, shape concern, weight concern, and specified behaviours over a recent period. It is more detailed than SCOFF and still not a diagnostic interview.
Development and clinical use
Fairburn and colleagues derived EDE-Q from the investigator-based EDE interview. Several versions and scoring notes exist. Name the version you use.
- Mode
- Patient self-report
- Parent interview
- EDE is different
- Shorter screen
- SCOFF
- Medical risk
- Separate clinic process
- Clinical role
- Symptom measurement
- Diagnosis
- Not established by score
Administration
A focused client experience
The person completes the authorised questionnaire. Medical risk, BMI, and bloods are separate clinic processes. This page does not collect eating-disorder answers.
- One question at a time with visible progress
- Large keyboard-operable response choices
- Previous, next, and answer-review steps
- Clear confirmation that results go to the clinic
The illustration does not reproduce EDE-Q items.
Report showcase
Designed to make evidence easy to review
The downloadable synthetic example illustrates report layout using invented response patterns, without patient data or instrument questions.
- Named instrument, version, and provenance
- Item-level response pattern without source wording
- Methodology, references, and clinical boundary
- Responsible clinician review rather than automated conclusions
Clinician review required
Methodology
Understand the measure and its scoring conventions
Official scoring produces subscale and global scores plus behaviour frequencies. This page does not independently verify scoring.
References
- EDE-Q overviewFairburn CG, Beglin SJ. Assessment of eating disorders: interview or self-report questionnaire? Int J Eat Disord. 1994;16(4):363-370.
Questions
What clinics ask before they evaluate the EDE-Q
These answers stay inside educational catalogue scope. They do not replace official manuals or clinician judgement.
Is EDE-Q the same as the EDE interview?
No. EDE-Q is a questionnaire derived from the interview. They are not scored as one instrument.
Does EDE-Q assess medical risk?
No. Medical assessment is a separate clinical process.
Can I complete EDE-Q here?
No. This landing does not collect answers.
EDE-Q or SCOFF?
SCOFF is a five-question screen. EDE-Q is a longer symptom questionnaire. The clinician chooses.