Longer-term impact of COVID-19 among individuals with self-reported eating disorders in the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed eating disorder (ED) illness status, symptomatology, treatment access, anxiety, and depression in the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic among individuals with a pre-existing ED in the United States (US), the Netherlands (NL), and Sweden (SE).

Methods

Participants completed online surveys in April-July 2020, at the early stage of the pandemic, and one year later. At one-year follow-up, we added questions addressing retrospective changes in ED symptoms, treatment, and anxiety/depression since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. We present descriptive statistics and assess change in ED symptomatology, treatment, and anxiety/depression among those with an active or lingering ED.

Results

Participants (US n = 132; NL n = 219; SE n = 702) were mostly

SUBMITTER: Termorshuizen JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851943 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature