People's lived experience with an eating disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic: A joint virtual issue of research published in leading eating disorder journals.
Int J Eat Disord
; 55(2): 155-160, 2022 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1661607
ABSTRACT
The COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly disrupted people's daily life and contributed to adverse health and mental health outcomes. People with pre-existing mental health conditions are particularly likely to experience symptom exacerbation. Complementing the adverse impacts of the pandemic are eating disorder specific risk factors for worsening of eating disorder symptoms and/or impeding treatment progress and recovery. For this joint Virtual Issue, we selected 15 articles that have been published in two leading journals in the field of eating disorders (International Journal of Eating Disorders and Journal of Eating Disorders) to highlight studies that offer information about individuals' lived experience with an eating disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic. In these studies, most participants reported worsening of eating disorder symptoms which they attributed to challenges arising from changes in daily routines including eating and exercise related habits, increased stress, and diminished social contacts. These research findings reported a mixed picture about patients' perceptions of the ease of the transition to virtual delivery of treatment and the quality of care they received during the pandemic. Qualitative studies suggested strategies for supporting people with eating disorders during pandemic conditions, with some of these holding promise for improving care for individuals who experience an eating disorder.
Keywords
Full text:
Available
Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Periodicals as Topic
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Feeding and Eating Disorders
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Int J Eat Disord
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Eat.23653
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