King M B, Bhugra D
Institute of Psychiatry and Maudsley Hospital, London.
Psychol Med. 1989 Nov;19(4):955-8. doi: 10.1017/s0033291700005675.
Five hundred and eighty schoolgirls living in a small North Indian industrial town were screened using the EAT-26. Although twenty-nine per cent scored above the threshold for the questionnaire (greater than or equal to 20), closer scrutiny of the pattern of responses revealed misinterpretations of a large number of questions possibly on a conceptual basis. Linguistic and conceptual pitfalls inherent to cross-cultural epidemiological research are discussed with reference to previous work.