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Objective@#The aims of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of Persian translation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) as a widely accepted questionnaire for the first time and to establish a cut off score for Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait-reduced (FCQ-T-r). @*Methods@#In this cross-sectional study, 330 visitors of family physician clinics in Shiraz, a city located in south of Iran, were selected. The English version of YFAS 2.0 was translated into Persian and used in this study as well as the Persian version of FCQ-T-r. @*Results@#Confirmatory factor analysis of YFAS-2 confirmed one dimensional structure and factor loading in all eleven symptoms was above 0.4. Internal consistency for eleven symptoms was 0.813. Prevalence of food addiction in participants was 6.7% (22 participants). BMI and FCQ-T-r questionnaire score both were positively correlated with the number of food addiction symptoms but age was negatively correlated with the number of the symptoms. The ROC curve analysis showed the best suggested cut-off point for FCQ-T-r questionnaire to detect food addiction was 32.5. @*Conclusion@#The present study confirmed validity and reliability of Persian version of YFAS-2. It is suggested that food addiction occurs in different level of food craving behavior in different food cultures or genetics.
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Objective@#The aims of this study were to evaluate the psychometric properties of Persian translation of the Yale Food Addiction Scale 2.0 (YFAS 2.0) as a widely accepted questionnaire for the first time and to establish a cut off score for Food Craving Questionnaire-Trait-reduced (FCQ-T-r). @*Methods@#In this cross-sectional study, 330 visitors of family physician clinics in Shiraz, a city located in south of Iran, were selected. The English version of YFAS 2.0 was translated into Persian and used in this study as well as the Persian version of FCQ-T-r. @*Results@#Confirmatory factor analysis of YFAS-2 confirmed one dimensional structure and factor loading in all eleven symptoms was above 0.4. Internal consistency for eleven symptoms was 0.813. Prevalence of food addiction in participants was 6.7% (22 participants). BMI and FCQ-T-r questionnaire score both were positively correlated with the number of food addiction symptoms but age was negatively correlated with the number of the symptoms. The ROC curve analysis showed the best suggested cut-off point for FCQ-T-r questionnaire to detect food addiction was 32.5. @*Conclusion@#The present study confirmed validity and reliability of Persian version of YFAS-2. It is suggested that food addiction occurs in different level of food craving behavior in different food cultures or genetics.
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Introduction: The aim of this research was comparison of bipolar patients' quality of life with healthy population
Materials and Methods: This research was done on 100 bipolar patients whose euthymic state was documented by a psychiatrist. They were evaluated with use of quality of life-short form 36 questionnaire [QOL-SF-36]. As control group, a control group which was selected from patients' visitors and hospital staff was evaluated with this questionnaire. Data were analyzed using T-test and Pearson correlation coefficient. This study was done in psychiatric clinic of Shiraz Hafez Hospital in 2010-2011
Results: Results show that patients are in a worse condition than normal population in aspects of quality of life such as" physical function [P=0.022], body pain [P<0.0001], general health [P<0.0001], social function [P<0.0001], and mental health [P<0.0001]. In patients group, results of ANOVA and Pearson correlation coefficient show that females are in better state of vitality than males. Single and married patients are in better condition of emotional-role than those who are divorced [respectively P=0.013 and P=0.010]
Conclusion: Not only bipolar patients' quality of life is disturbed in manic and depressive episodes, but also in euthymic phase of the disorder, main domains of quality of life are affected