Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on eating disorders diagnoses among adolescents and young adults in Catalonia: A population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To describe the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on trends in incidence rates (IR) of diagnoses of eating disorders (ED) among adolescents and young adults.

Methods

Population-based cohort study using primary care records of people aged 10-24 years between January, 2016 and December, 2021 in Catalonia, Spain. IRs were calculated monthly and grouped by the different stages of the COVID-19 pandemic in Catalonia: (1) the pre-lockdown (January, 2016-February, 2020), (2) lockdown (March-June, 2020) and, (3) post-lockdown (July, 2020-December, 2021) periods. Incidence rate ratios (IRR) relative to the corresponding periods in 2018-2019 were calculated.

Results

A total of 1,179,009 individuals were included. The IR was 9.2 per 100,000 person-months (95% confidence i

SUBMITTER: Raventos B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9878228 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature