• Comprehensive psychiatry · Nov 2012

    Comparative Study

    Psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Body Weight, Image and Self-Esteem Evaluation Questionnaire in patients with severe mental disorders.

    • Susana Al-Halabi, Maria Paz Garcia-Portilla, Pilar Alejandra Saiz, Eduardo Fonseca, Maria Teresa Bobes-Bascaran, Gonzalo Galván, Celso Iglesias, Manuel Arrojo, Antoni Benabarre, José Manuel Goikolea, Emilio Sanchez, Fernando Sarramea, and Julio Bobes.
    • Department of Psychiatry, University of Oviedo. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Salud Mental, Oviedo, Spain. alsusana@uniovi.es
    • Compr Psychiatry. 2012 Nov 1; 53 (8): 1237-42.

    ObjectiveClinicians need brief and valid instruments to monitor the psychosocial impact of weight gain in persons with psychiatric disorders. We examined the psychometric properties of the Spanish version of the Body Weight, Image and Self-Esteem Evaluation (B-WISE) questionnaire in patients with severe mental disorders.MethodThe data come from a naturalistic, cross-sectional, validation study conducted at 6 centres in Spain. A total of 211 outpatients with severe mental disorders, 118 with schizophrenia and 93 with bipolar disorder, were evaluated using the B-WISE, the Visual Analogue Scale for Weight and Body Image, and the Clinical Global Impression-Severity (CGI-S). The body mass index was also obtained.ResultsThe principal component analysis confirms 3 components explaining 50.93% of the variance. The Cronbach α values for B-WISE scales ranged between .55 and .73. Significant Pearson correlations were found between B-WISE total score and CGI-S (r = -0.25; P < .001) and Visual Analogue Scale for Weight and Body Image (r = 0.47; P < .001). The B-WISE discriminates among patients with mild, moderate, and severe mental disorders according to CGI-S scores (F = 6.52; P < .005). Body mass index categorization significantly influenced total B-WISE scores (F = 3.586, P < .050). The B-WISE score corresponding to the 5th and 10th percentiles was 22.ConclusionsWe were able to demonstrate that the Spanish version of the B-WISE is a valid instrument for assessing psychosocial impact of weight gain in patients with severe mental disorders in daily clinical practice.Copyright © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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