ArticleJournal of eating disorders2021
COVID-19 and eating disorder and mental health concerns in patients with eating disorders.
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- The prevalence of mental health outcomes among eating disorder patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A meta-analysis.Clinical nutrition ESPEN · 2022Pooled it
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- Positive attitudes toward physical activity and eating disorders in university students: the moderating role of gender.Journal of eating disorders · 2025Article
- Eating disorder debut cases during COVID-19 lockdown in adults. Exploring differences in treatment outcome contrasting with pre-pandemic onset cases.European eating disorders review : the journal of the Eating Disorders Association · 2025Article
- Exploring the COVID-19 pandemic's influence on eating disorders: insights from an Italian residential center.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Building RECOVERY: development of the registry of eating disorders and their co-morbidities OVER time in youth.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Peer support for eating disorders in Canada: program user perspectives.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- A peer mentoring program for eating disorders: improved symptomatology and reduced hospital admissions, three years and a pandemic on.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Cognitive training via mobile app for addressing eating disorders' cognitions in adolescents: a randomized control trial protocol.BMC psychology · 2024Article
- Estimating additional health and social costs in eating disorder care for young people during the COVID-19 pandemic: implications for surveillance and system transformation.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- The financial and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth with eating disorders, their families, clinicians and the mental health system: a mixed methods cost analysis.Journal of eating disorders · 2024Article
- Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth mental health: a cross-sectional study on eating disorder patients and their unaffected siblings.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2024Article
- The Impact of Chronic Stress Related to COVID-19 on Eating Behaviors and the Risk of Obesity in Children and Adolescents.Nutrients · 2023Review
- Anorexia nervosa and the COVID-19 pandemic among young people: a scoping review.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Locked down with my eating disorder: a retrospective study on the impact of COVID-19 lockdown on adolescents with eating disorders.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Pathways of association between disordered eating in adolescence and mental health outcomes in young adulthood during the COVID-19 pandemic.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Article
- Digitally Delivered Dietary Interventions for Patients with Eating Disorders Undergoing Family-Based Treatment: Protocol for a Randomized Feasibility Trial.JMIR research protocols · 2023Article
- Longer-term impact of COVID-19 among individuals with self-reported eating disorders in the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden.The International journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- COVID-19 related familial economic disruptions and eating disorder patients' mental health concerns and motivation to recover.Journal of eating disorders · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic dramatically transformed daily life for adolescents and young adults, altering social and physical environments. Previous research has shown such shifts in daily life to be especially challenging for people living with eating disorders (ED). However, the extent of this environmental change on ED symptoms and mental health (MH) has been relatively unexplored in patients with EDs. This study examines how young people with EDs feel the COVID-19 pandemic has affected their living environments as well as their ED and MH symptoms and motivation for ED recovery.
methodsParticipants were enrollees in the Registry of Eating Disorders and their Co-morbidities OVER time in Youth (RECOVERY) who responded to an additional survey (n = 89) in July 2020 to assess their perceptions of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants reported on concerns of their ED worsening due to increased time living in a "triggering environment" due to the pandemic as well as perceived COVID-related changes in intrusive ED thoughts, depression, anxiety, isolation, and motivation to recover. Logistic regression models, adjusted for age and ED diagnosis, examined the association of triggering environment with ED and MH symptoms.
resultsThe majority of respondents reported concern for worsening of their ED due to a "triggering environment" (63%). Most reported an increase in ED thoughts (74%), feelings of anxiety (77%), depression (73%), and isolation (80%) they perceived to be related to the pandemic. Nearly one-third reported decrease in motivation to recover (29%) they perceived to be related to the pandemic. After adjusting for age and ED diagnosis, participants who reported concern for worsening of their ED due to a triggering environment had nearly 18 times the odds of decreased motivation to recover (OR 18.1; 95% CI 3.37-97.4, p = 0.003) and nearly 24 times the odds of increased ED thoughts (OR 23.8; 95% CI 4.31-131.6, p < 0.001) compared to those who did not report concern for worsening of their ED due to a triggering environment.
conclusionsOur findings demonstrate the perceived negative impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the self-reported ED and MH symptoms in patients with EDs, particularly in those who report concern for a negative environmental change. These results underscore the need for heightened monitoring of patients with EDs during the pandemic.
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