Associations between COVID-19 pandemic impact, dimensions of behavior and eating disorders: A longitudinal UK-based study.
Compr Psychiatry
; 115: 152304, 2022 05.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1734297
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
There is growing concern about how people with eating disorders are impacted by the widespread societal restructuring during the COVID-19 crisis.AIMS:
We aimed to examine how factors relating to the impact of the pandemic associate with eating disorders and quantify this relationship while adjusting for concurrent and longitudinal parameters of risk.METHODS:
We gathered demographic, behavioral and clinical data pre- and mid-pandemic as well as childhood trauma history from a longitudinal online survey of 489 adults (mean age 23.4 years) recruited from the Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN). Using pre-pandemic (T1) and concurrent (T2) data we aimed to predict eating disorders at mid-pandemic (T2). We deployed hierarchical generalized logistic regression to ascertain the strength of longitudinal and concurrent associations.RESULTS:
Pre-pandemic eating disorder scores strongly associated with concurrent eating disorder (z = 5.93). More conflict at home mid-pandemic (z = 2.03), pre- (lower sensation seeking z = -2.58) and mid-pandemic (higher lack of perseverance z = 2.33) impulsivity traits also associated with mid-pandemic eating disorder.CONCLUSION:
Conflict at home mid-pandemic and specific aspects of impulsiveness significantly associated with concurrent eating disorder when adjusted for pre-pandemic eating disorder symptoms, baseline demographics, behavioral traits, history of traumatic experiences and concurrent psychopathology. These results provide insight into the struggles of those suffering with eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the importance of impulsiveness traits and the immediate family environment in their experience of illness during the pandemic.Keywords
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International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Anorexia Nervosa
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Feeding and Eating Disorders
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COVID-19
Type of study:
Cohort study
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Diagnostic study
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Experimental Studies
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Observational study
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Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Young adult
Country/Region as subject:
Europa
Language:
English
Journal:
Compr Psychiatry
Year:
2022
Document Type:
Article
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