Pandemic Stringency Measures and Hospital Admissions for Eating Disorders.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Hospitalizations for eating disorders rose dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health restrictions, or stringency, are believed to have played a role in exacerbating eating disorders. Few studies of eating disorders during the pandemic have extended to the period when public health stringency restrictions were lifted.

Objective

To assess the association between hospitalization rates for eating disorders and public health stringency during the COVID-19 pandemic and after the easing of public health restrictions.

Design, setting, and participants

This Canadian population-based cross-sectional study was performed from April 1, 2016, to March 31, 2023, and was divided into pre-COVID-19 and COVID-19-prevalent periods. Data were provided by the Cana

SUBMITTER: Roumeliotis N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11231909 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature