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Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19
PURPOSE: The COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in a significant mental health toll, and recent findings suggest that individuals with an eating disorder (ED) history may be particularly vulnerable. The current study aimed to: (1) identify changes in the pattern of mental health symptoms over the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34509935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101564 |
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author | Phillipou, Andrea Tan, Eric J. Toh, Wei Lin Van Rheenen, Tamsyn E. Meyer, Denny Neill, Erica Sumner, Philip Rossell, Susan L. |
author_facet | Phillipou, Andrea Tan, Eric J. Toh, Wei Lin Van Rheenen, Tamsyn E. Meyer, Denny Neill, Erica Sumner, Philip Rossell, Susan L. |
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description | PURPOSE: The COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in a significant mental health toll, and recent findings suggest that individuals with an eating disorder (ED) history may be particularly vulnerable. The current study aimed to: (1) identify changes in the pattern of mental health symptoms over the first six months of the pandemic between individuals with an ED history, compared to a community sample without an ED history (non-ED); and (2) identify differences in mental health symptoms and concerns between two waves of the virus and associated lockdowns. METHOD: Data from 4915 respondents – 231 with an ED history – were compared across monthly time points from April to September 2020 on psychological symptoms including negative mood, quality of life, coping and hopefulness, as well as changes to eating and exercise behaviours. RESULTS: Mental health symptoms were increased in the ED group, but generally did not differ from non-ED in the pattern of symptoms reported over time. Increased depressive symptoms and restrictive eating behaviours were found across both groups in relation to the second wave/lockdown, as well as decreased hopefulness and quality of life. Respondents in both groups also reported coping worse during the second wave of the virus compared to the first wave. CONCLUSION: Although non-ED and ED groups tended to generally show the same pattern of symptoms, the mental health status of the ED group was significantly poorer than the non-ED group throughout the pandemic, and exacerbations in some symptoms (i.e. increased food restriction and depressive symptoms) is cause for concern. |
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spelling | pubmed-84434062021-09-16 Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 Phillipou, Andrea Tan, Eric J. Toh, Wei Lin Van Rheenen, Tamsyn E. Meyer, Denny Neill, Erica Sumner, Philip Rossell, Susan L. Eat Behav Article PURPOSE: The COVID-19 global pandemic has resulted in a significant mental health toll, and recent findings suggest that individuals with an eating disorder (ED) history may be particularly vulnerable. The current study aimed to: (1) identify changes in the pattern of mental health symptoms over the first six months of the pandemic between individuals with an ED history, compared to a community sample without an ED history (non-ED); and (2) identify differences in mental health symptoms and concerns between two waves of the virus and associated lockdowns. METHOD: Data from 4915 respondents – 231 with an ED history – were compared across monthly time points from April to September 2020 on psychological symptoms including negative mood, quality of life, coping and hopefulness, as well as changes to eating and exercise behaviours. RESULTS: Mental health symptoms were increased in the ED group, but generally did not differ from non-ED in the pattern of symptoms reported over time. Increased depressive symptoms and restrictive eating behaviours were found across both groups in relation to the second wave/lockdown, as well as decreased hopefulness and quality of life. Respondents in both groups also reported coping worse during the second wave of the virus compared to the first wave. CONCLUSION: Although non-ED and ED groups tended to generally show the same pattern of symptoms, the mental health status of the ED group was significantly poorer than the non-ED group throughout the pandemic, and exacerbations in some symptoms (i.e. increased food restriction and depressive symptoms) is cause for concern. Elsevier Ltd. 2021-12 2021-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC8443406/ /pubmed/34509935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101564 Text en © 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Article Phillipou, Andrea Tan, Eric J. Toh, Wei Lin Van Rheenen, Tamsyn E. Meyer, Denny Neill, Erica Sumner, Philip Rossell, Susan L. Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 |
title | Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 |
title_full | Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 |
title_fullStr | Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 |
title_full_unstemmed | Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 |
title_short | Mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of COVID-19 |
title_sort | mental health of individuals with and without eating disorders across six months and two waves of covid-19 |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8443406/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34509935 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2021.101564 |
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