Item analysis of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) by the Rasch model: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data obtained among community-dwelling elders

Hansen, Tina; Kjaersgaard, Annette

doi:10.1186/s12955-020-01384-2

Table 4 Category frequencies and item threshold parameters for each item of J-EAT-10

From: Item analysis of the Eating Assessment Tool (EAT-10) by the Rasch model: a secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data obtained among community-dwelling elders

	Full sample					Independent group					Dependent group
Item (abbreviated)	Category frequencies					Category frequencies					Category frequencies
Item (abbreviated)	0	1	2	3	4	0	1	2	3	4	0	1	2	3	4
1. Lose weight	497	72	50	23	19	229	19	19	8	3	268	53	31	15	16
2. Go out meals	527	84	37	11	2	251	21	4	2	0	276	63	33	9	2
3. Liquids effort	486	92	67	8	8	232	28	17	0	1	254	64	50	8	7
4. Solids effort	393	145	100	13	10	195	52	27	4	0	198	93	73	9	10
5. Pills effort	389	122	128	7	15	191	44	37	3	3	198	78	91	4	12
6. Painful	449	114	83	9	6	216	41	18	2	1	233	73	65	7	5
7. Pleasure eat	451	124	60	14	12	218	41	12	5	2	233	83	48	9	10
8. Stick throat	348	181	125	1	6	165	80	33	0	0	183	101	92	1	6
9. Cough	204	256	188	12	1	90	129	57	2	0	114	127	131	10	1
10. Stressful	472	117	61	6	5	221	43	13	1	0	251	74	48	5	5
	Thresholds					Thresholds					Thresholds
	0/1	1/2		2/3	3/4	0/1	1/2	2/3	3/4		0/1	1/2	2/3		3/4
1. Lose weight	*0.62*	*−0.54*		*−0.06*	*−0.03*	*1.16*	*−0.99*	*−0.22*	*0.05*		*0.42*	*−0.30*	*0.03*		*−0.15*
2. Go out meals	*−1.22*	*−1.31*		*− 0.50*	*3.04*	*0.19*	*0.19*	*−0.96*	*0.58*		−1.42	−1.38	− 0.18		2.97
3. Liquids effort	*−0.58*	*− 0.85*		*1.24*	*0.20*	*− 0.47*	*− 1.01*	*2.30*	*− 0.82*		*− 0.70*	*− 0.85*	*0.99*		*0.56*
4. Solids effort	*− 1.20*	*− 0.58*		*1.33*	*0.45*	*− 1.05*	*− 0.53*	*0.83*	*0.75*		*− 1.24*	*− 0.54*	*1.58*		*0.21*
5. Pills effort	*−0.75*	*− 0.84*		*2.18*	*−0.59*	*− 0.36*	*−0.61*	*1.47*	*−0.49*		*− 0.92*	*−0.90*	*2.55*		*−0.73*
6. Painful	*−1.08*	*−0.83*		*1.32*	*0.59*	*−0.70*	*−0.24*	*1.04*	*−0.10*		*−1.19*	*−1.01*	*1.45*		*0.74*
7. Pleasure eat	*−0.61*	*0.02*		*0.71*	*−0.12*	*−0.26*	*0.48*	*−0.03*	*− 0.18*		*−0.73*	*− 0.09*	*1.02*		*− 0.21*
8. Stick throat	*−1.71*	*−0.90*		*3.99*	*−1.38*	*− 1.90*	*− 0.72*	*2.56*	*0.06*		*− 1.59*	*−1.00*	*3.82*		*−1.23*
9. Cough	−3.00	−2.02		1.12	3.90	*−2.18*	*−0.86*	*2.33*	*0.71*		−2.79	−2.11	1.07		3.84
10. Stressful	*−1.16*	*−0.63*		*1.48*	*0.32*	*−1.08*	*−0.28*	*1.15*	*0.20*		*−1.12*	*−0.71*	*1.59*		*0.24*

Bold and italics indicate disordered thresholds
J-EAT-10 Japanese version of the Eating Assessment Tool

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