Eating disorders during lockdown: the transcultural influence on eating and mood disturbances in Ibero-Brazilian population.

ABSTRACT:

Background

COVID-19 pandemic has implied exceptional restrictive measures to contain its widespread, with adverse consequences on mental health, especially for those people with a background of mental illness, such as eating disorders (EDs). In this population, the influence of socio-cultural aspects on mental health has been still underexplored. Then, the main aim of this study was to assess changes in eating and general psychopathology in people with EDs during lockdown regarding the ED subtype, age, and provenance, and considering socio-cultural aspects (e.g., socioeconomical factors such as work and financial losses, social support, restrictive measures, or health accessibility, among others).

Methods

The clinical sample was composed of 264 female participants with EDs (

SUBMITTER: Baenas I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10008014 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature