Contribui？？o para o Estudo da Adapta？？o Portuguesa da Entrevista de Diagnóstico das Perturba？？es do Comportamento Alimentar-IV (IDED-IV) Especí？ca para a Anorexia Nervosa

introduction: the clinical interview is considered the gold standard for establishing the diagnosis of eating disorders. there is no internationally recognised semi-structured interview for eating disorders that has been validated for the portuguese population. the present study developed an adaptation of the portuguese version of the interview for the diagnosis of eating disorders-iv (ided-iv; kutlesic, williamson, gleaves, barbin, & murphy-eberenz, 1998), specifically for the diagnosis of anorexia nervosa. methods: the portuguese version of ided-iv was administered to 98 female participants with a diagnosis of anorexia nervosa previously established by a team of clinicians. results: the administration of ided-iv revealed acceptable internal consistency and high diagnostic sensitivity. conclusions: the preliminary results of this psychometric study of the portuguese version of ided-iv reinforces its use for both clinical and research purposes.