OBJECTIVE: To investigate the psychometric properties of the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) in a large sample of subjects with obesity seeking treatment. BUT is a 71-item self-report questionnaire in two parts: BUT-A which measures weight phobia, body image concerns, avoidance, compulsive self-monitoring, detachment and estrangement feelings towards one’s own body (depersonalization); and BUT-B, which looks at specific worries about particular body parts or functions. METHODS: We recruited a clinical sample of 1,812 adult subjects (age range 18-65 years, females 1,411, males 401) with obesity (Body Mass Index, BMI ≥30 kg/m2) and a normal weight (BMI value between 18.5 and 25 kg/m2) non-clinical sample of 457 adult subjects (females 248, males 209) with an Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) score under the cut-off point 20 (scores ≥20 indicate possible cases of eating disorders). RESULTS: The exploratory and confirmatory analyses confirmed a structural five-factor model for BUT-A and an eight-factor model for BUT-B. Internal consistency was satisfactory. Concurrent validity with Binge Eating Scale (BES) and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) was evaluated. The authors calculated mean values for BUT scores in adult (18-65 years) patients with obesity, and evaluated the influence of gender, age and BMI. Females obtained statistically significant higher scores than males in all age groups and in all classes of obesity; patients with obesity, compared with normal weight subjects, generally obtained statistically significant higher scores, but few differences could be attributed to the influence of BMI. CONCLUSION: The BUT can be a valuable multidimensional tool for the clinical assessment of body uneasiness in obesity; the scores of its sub-scales do not show a linear correlation with BMI values.

Validating the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) in obese patients / Marano, G.; Cuzzolaro, M.; Vetrone, G.; Garfinkel, P. E.; Temperilli, F.; Spera, G.; Dalle Grave, R.; Calugi, S.; Marchesini, G.; Ventura, P.; QUOVADIS Study Group1, The. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1590-1262. - 12:2(2007), pp. 70-82. [10.1007/BF03327581]

Validating the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) in obese patients

P. Ventura
Membro del Collaboration Group
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2007

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the psychometric properties of the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) in a large sample of subjects with obesity seeking treatment. BUT is a 71-item self-report questionnaire in two parts: BUT-A which measures weight phobia, body image concerns, avoidance, compulsive self-monitoring, detachment and estrangement feelings towards one’s own body (depersonalization); and BUT-B, which looks at specific worries about particular body parts or functions. METHODS: We recruited a clinical sample of 1,812 adult subjects (age range 18-65 years, females 1,411, males 401) with obesity (Body Mass Index, BMI ≥30 kg/m2) and a normal weight (BMI value between 18.5 and 25 kg/m2) non-clinical sample of 457 adult subjects (females 248, males 209) with an Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) score under the cut-off point 20 (scores ≥20 indicate possible cases of eating disorders). RESULTS: The exploratory and confirmatory analyses confirmed a structural five-factor model for BUT-A and an eight-factor model for BUT-B. Internal consistency was satisfactory. Concurrent validity with Binge Eating Scale (BES) and Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire (TFEQ) was evaluated. The authors calculated mean values for BUT scores in adult (18-65 years) patients with obesity, and evaluated the influence of gender, age and BMI. Females obtained statistically significant higher scores than males in all age groups and in all classes of obesity; patients with obesity, compared with normal weight subjects, generally obtained statistically significant higher scores, but few differences could be attributed to the influence of BMI. CONCLUSION: The BUT can be a valuable multidimensional tool for the clinical assessment of body uneasiness in obesity; the scores of its sub-scales do not show a linear correlation with BMI values.
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Validating the Body Uneasiness Test (BUT) in obese patients / Marano, G.; Cuzzolaro, M.; Vetrone, G.; Garfinkel, P. E.; Temperilli, F.; Spera, G.; Dalle Grave, R.; Calugi, S.; Marchesini, G.; Ventura, P.; QUOVADIS Study Group1, The. - In: EATING AND WEIGHT DISORDERS. - ISSN 1590-1262. - 12:2(2007), pp. 70-82. [10.1007/BF03327581]
Marano, G.; Cuzzolaro, M.; Vetrone, G.; Garfinkel, P. E.; Temperilli, F.; Spera, G.; Dalle Grave, R.; Calugi, S.; Marchesini, G.; Ventura, P.; QUOVADIS Study Group1, The
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