Validating the Persian Intuitive Eating Scale-2 Among Breast Cancer Survivors Who Are Overweight/ObeseShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Evaluation & the Health Professions, ISSN 0163-2787, E-ISSN 1552-3918, Vol. 44, no 4, p. 385-394Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Women with breast cancer are at risk of being overweight/obese which may consequently increase mortality. Intuitive eating is an adaptive eating behavior which might be beneficial for weight outcomes. The present study validated the Persian Intuitive Eating Scale-2 (IES-2) among overweight/obese Iranian females with breast cancer. Women who were overweight/obese with breast cancer (n = 762; mean ± SD age = 55.1 ± 5.7 years) completed the following questionnaires: IES-2, General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSE-6), Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), Short Form-12 (SF-12), Weight Bias Internalization Scale (WBIS), Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2), and Eating Attitudes Test (EAT-26). Confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and Rasch analysis were applied to examine the psychometric properties of the IES-2. Associations between IES-2 score and other scale scores were assessed. CFA and Rasch analysis suggested that the Persian IES-2 had robust psychometric properties and all IES-2 items were meaningful in their embedded domains. The four-factor structure of the Persian IES-2 was confirmed. Concurrent validity was supported by the positive correlations between the IES-2 score and scores on the GSE-6, SF-12 mental component, and BAS-2. Negative correlations were found between the IES-2 score and the HADS (anxiety and depression subscales), WBIS, and EAT-26. The present study demonstrated that the Persian IES-2 is a well-designed instrument and is applicable for women who are overweight/obese with breast cancer.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Sage Publications, 2021. Vol. 44, no 4, p. 385-394
Keywords [en]
breast cancer, classical test theory, intuitive eating, obesity, overweight, Rasch model
National Category
Medical and Health Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-50895DOI: 10.1177/0163278720965688ISI: 000578595000001PubMedID: 33054372Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85092587942Local ID: ;intsam;1484288OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-50895DiVA, id: diva2:1484288
2020-10-282020-10-282021-12-13Bibliographically approved