ArticleNutrients2023
"What Made My Eating Disorder Worse?" The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Adolescents with Anorexia Nervosa.
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- COVID-19-Related Stress and Adolescent Anorexia Nervosa: Early Detection, Similar Illness Course.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Parallel Increase in Childhood Anorexia Nervosa and Early Puberty During the COVID-19 Pandemic.The International journal of eating disorders · 2026Article
- Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: A Cross-Cultural Study in Colombian and Mexican Adolescents with Eating Disorders.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on administrative eating disorder prevalence in the outpatient sector and on severity of anorexia nervosa.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
- A never-ending story: The COVID-19 pandemic and the increase of hospital admissions for typical and atypical anorexia nervosa in children, adolescents and young adults in the post-pandemic era in Germany.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2024Article
- Disordered Eating and Lifestyle Studies-2nd Edition.Nutrients · 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 Psychological and Medical Landscape of Anorexia Nervosa over a Decade: A Retrospective Study of Possible Physical and Psychological Shifts.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- Hospitalization patterns for adolescents with eating disorders during COVID-19.Journal of eating disorders · 2023Article
- Changes in the psychosocial and clinical profiles of anorexia nervosa patients during the pandemic.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
- Interoceptive hunger, eating attitudes and beliefs.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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Abstract
(1) Background: the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent confinements have led to a dramatic increase in anorexia nervosa (AN) in adolescent patients, whereas the effect on symptom severity and the influencing factors are not yet clear, especially not from the adolescents' perspective. (2) Methods: from February to October 2021, 38 adolescent patients with AN completed an adjusted version of the COVID Isolation Eating Scale (CIES), a self-report questionnaire asking for ED symptomatology before and during the COVID-19 pandemic and for their experiences with remote treatment. (3) Results: patients reported a significant negative impact of confinement on ED symptoms, depression, anxiety, and emotional regulation. During the pandemic, engagement with weight and body image was related to social media, and mirror checking increased. The patients were more preoccupied with cooking recipes and had more eating-related conflicts with their parents. However, the differences in the amount of engagement with social media actively glorifying AN before and during the pandemic did not remain significant after correction for multiple comparisons. The minority of patients who received remote treatment found it to be only limitedly helpful. (4) Conclusions: from the patients' perspective, the COVID-19 pandemic-associated confinement had a detrimental effect on the symptoms of adolescent patients with AN.
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