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Table 3 Spearman’s rank-order correlations between quality of life and eating disorder psychopathology, eating disorder behaviours, depression severity, anxiety level and motivational stages of change

From: Enhancing quality of life in people with disordered eating using an online self-help programme

 

SF-36 v2

Physical functioning

Physical role functioning

Bodily pain

General health

Vitality

Social functioning

Emotional role functioning

Mental health

SCOFF

−0.204**

−0.002

−0.141*

−0.129

−0.154*

−0.120

−0.204**

−0.189**

−0.204**

Global EDE-Q5

−0.428**

−0.254**

−0.276**

−0.239**

−0.327**

−0.341**

−0.350**

−0.323**

−0.418**

Dieting

−0.165*

−0.069

−0.066

−0.118

−0.149*

−0.170*

−0.118

−0.104

−0.208**

Vomiting

−0.036

0.019

−0.002

−0.051

−0.025

−0.012

−0.032

−0.088

−0.040

Bingeing

0.084

0.120

0.109

0.190*

0.185*

0.107

0.051

−0.153*

−0.038

Laxative misuse

−0.167*

−0.172*

−0.109

−0.249**

−0.094

−0.060

−0.061

−0.122

−0.113

Compulsive exercise

−0.053

0.256**

0.017

−0.163*

0.036

0.048

−0.262**

−0.059

−0.098

EDI-3

−0.573**

−0.266**

−0.354**

−0.295**

−0.421**

−0.476**

−0.424**

−0.472**

−0.602**

BDI-II

−0.715**

−0.375**

−0.437**

−0.314**

−0.537**

−0.611**

−0.553**

−0.561**

−0.742**

BAI

−0.592**

−0.292**

−0.393**

−0.409**

−0.372**

−0.379**

−0.482**

−0.493**

−0.567**

MSCARED

0.113

0.168*

0.018

0.071

0.208**

0.209**

0.017

−0.037

0.146*

  1. *Significance P<0.05, ** Significance P<0.01.
  2. SF-36v2, The 36-item Short Form Health Survey version 2; SCOFF, The SCOFF Questionnaire.
  3. EDE-Q5, Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire version 5; EDI-3, Eating Disorder Inventory version 3.
  4. BDI-II, Beck Depression Inventory version 2; BAI, Beck Anxiety Inventory.
  5. MSCARED, The Motivational Stages of Change for Adolescents Recovering from an Eating Disorder.