Scale Overview & Construct
16-item measure of psychosocial impairment due to eating disorder features over the past 28 days. Three subscales: Personal Impairment (6 items, range 0–18), Social Impairment (5 items, range 0–15), and Cognitive Impairment (5 items, range 0–15). Global score ranges from 0 to 48; a score of 16 or above may indicate clinical significance.
Purpose & Measurement Objectives
Instrument Specifications
Academic Citation & Instrument Provenance
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Governance, Boundaries & Ethical Use
Imported from the OpenScales open item-bank project. This specific digital implementation has not been independently clinically validated by PsiQ — scores are for self-reflection, research, and educational purposes only, and are not a diagnosis.
License: CC BY 3.0. Citation: Bohn, K., Doll, H. A., Cooper, Z., O'Connor, M., Palmer, R. L., & Fairburn, C. G. (2008). The measurement of impairment due to eating disorder psychopathology. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 46(10), 1105-1110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.brat.2008.06.012 This is not a diagnostic tool. If you are in crisis or having thoughts of self-harm, please contact a licensed mental health professional or a crisis helpline in your country immediately. Low/Moderate/High bands below reflect this test's own possible score range only (simple thirds) — they are NOT a clinical threshold or population norm. No such cutoff has been published for this instrument.