Reliability and validity of the Japanese translation of the Eating Disorders Quality of Life (ED-QOL) scale for Japanese healthy female university undergraduate students and patients with eating disorders

Table 4 Mean and SD of the ED-QOL subscales and global QOL score

	eating disorder patients			healthy university undergraduate students (n = 469)d	ANOVA	group difference (p < .01)†
	AN-R (n = 35–37)a	AN-BP (n = 33–34)b	BN (n = 25–27)c	healthy university undergraduate students (n = 469)d	ANOVA	group difference (p < .01)†
Psychological	1.32 ± 1.06	2.36 ± 1.20	2.62 ± 0.85	0.70 ± 0.82	F(3, 564) = 81.3, p < .001	b,c > a > d
Physical/Cognitive	1.03 ± 0,87	1.90 ± 1.24	1.74 ± 1.13	0.33 ± 0.56	F(3, 563) = 98.6, p < .001	b, c > a > d
Financial	0.05 ± 0.03	0.65 ± 0.98	1.14 ± 1.26	0.11 ± 0.33	F(3, 563) = 53.6, p < .001	b > c > a, d
Work/School	0.47 ± 0.87	1.27 ± 1.17	1.01 ± 1.10	0.07 ± 0.27	F(3, 559) = 93.7, p < .001	b, c > a > d
global QOL score	0.80 ± 0.60	1.70 ± 0.89	1.85 ± 0.92	0.37 ± 0.45	F(3, 564) = 133.5, p < .001	b, c > a > d

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