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A Research Approach to Self-Report and Objective Measurements of Physical Activity in Eating Disorders

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Physical activity (PA) is complex and difficult to characterize within eating disorder (ED) populations, due to the presence of both adaptive and maladaptive PA. To better understand PA in ED populations, it’s important to consider both the psychological and objective factors of PA in EDs. Within ED research, PA has been most commonly measured using self-report, ecological momentary assessment, and clinician assessment of PA. While these forms of measurement capture many psychological factors of PA like exercise motivation, these measures are subjective methods prone to biases and are reliant on an individual’s recall. In addition to self-report measurement, emerging research has begun to utilize objective measurement tools, such as wearable sensors, to assess the objective components of PA in EDs. Sensor technologies are automatic and continuous methods of measuring PA that do not rely on subjective reporting and instead offer real-time data collection. The following chapter reviews the current measurement tools available to assess both the psychological and objective components of PA in ED populations and proposes future use of a multimodal method of investigating PA in ED populations.

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Abbreviations

ACSM:

American College of Sports Medicine

BMI:

Body mass index

CDC:

Center for Disease Control

CES:

Commitment to Exercise Scale

CET:

Compulsive Exercise Test

DSED:

Diagnostic Survey for Eating Disorders

EAI:

Exercise Addiction Inventory

ED(s):

Eating disorder(s)

EDE:

Eating Disorders Examination Interview

EDE-Q:

Eating Disorders Examination Questionnaire

EDI-SC:

Eating Disorders Inventory-Symptom Checklist

EMA:

Ecological Momentary Assessments

EMI-2:

Exercise Motivations Inventory-2

GLTEQ:

Godin Leisure-Time Exercise Questionnaire

IPAQ:

International Physical Activity Questionnaire

METs:

Metabolic equivalents

MVPA:

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity

OEQ:

Obligatory Exercise Questionnaire

ORQ:

Modified Obligatory Running Questionnaire

PA:

Physical activity

PAR:

Seven-Day Physical Activity Recall

PATX:

Physical Activity Trend eXtraction

PPAQ:

Paffenbarger Physical Activity Questionnaire

REI:

Reasons for Exercise Inventory

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Wons, O., Lampe, E., Boyajian, L., Patarinski, A.G., Juarascio, A. (2023). A Research Approach to Self-Report and Objective Measurements of Physical Activity in Eating Disorders. In: Patel, V.B., Preedy, V.R. (eds) Eating Disorders. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16691-4_58

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