Eating disorder debut cases during COVID-19 lockdown in adults. Exploring differences in treatment outcome contrasting with pre-pandemic onset cases.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Despite an increase in eating disorder (ED) cases during the COVID-19 pandemic, there are limited longitudinal studies exploring treatment outcomes. The aims of the present study were: (1) to compare the clinical features of patients with EDs whose onset was during the COVID-19 lockdown (pandemic cohort) against patients with EDs whose onset was prior to the pandemic (pre-pandemic cohort) and, (2) to compare therapy responses between the cohorts.

Method

The sample consisted of 115 adult women with an ED. N = 37 new ED cases (pandemic cohort) were diagnosed and included in the study during the pandemic (May 2020-May 2021); these patients did not have any previous history of an ED. We also included N = 78 ED cases (pre-pandemic cohort) diagnosed prior to the COVID-19

SUBMITTER: Munguia L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11786939 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature