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It is composed of 14 Likert items and it enables to rule out for sleep-related eating disorder.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800120218_abst0002\" sec-type=\"other\"><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>To investigate the psychometric properties of the NEQ and to investigate its pattern of correlation with related variables in a sample of Portuguese overweight women.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800120218_abst0003\" sec-type=\"methods\"><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The NEQ and the other self-report validated instruments to assess disordered eating, insomnia, daytime sleepiness, depressive symptoms and affect were administered to an outpatient sample of 276 women (Mean age=43.85\u00b111.88; Mean BMI=32.82Kg\/m<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\u00b15.43) attending a weight loss treatment consultation in a public hospital.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800120218_abst0004\" sec-type=\"results\"><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The NEQ Coronach a was .60. A four factors structure (variance explained=57.62%) was selected: Factor (F)1 \u201cNocturnal ingestions\u201d (\u03b1=.81); F2 \u201cEvening hiperfagia\u201d (\u03b1=.57); F3 \u201cMood\/Sleep\u201d (\u03b1=.42) and F4 \u201cMorning anorexia\u201d (\u03b1=.24). From the 23 participants (8.6%) who snacks when get up in the middle of the night, 6 (26.1%) had \u201cnot at all\/a little\u201d awareness of their eating; 3 (13.0%) had \u201cnone at all\/a little\u201d control over their eating while up at the night. NEQ total score significantly (p&lt; .01) correlated with disordered eating behaviors (r=.28), insomnia (.50), daytime sleepiness (.27), depressive symptoms (.40), negative affect (.39) and positive affect (-.16).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec id=\"S0924933800120218_abst0005\" sec-type=\"conclusions\"><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The Portuguese version of NEQ presents reasonable internal consistency. The factorial structure overlaps with the original almost completely. The pattern of correlations with relevant variables was as expected. 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