Frontiers in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
14
Published: July 19, 2023
The
COVID-19
pandemic
and
related
control
measures
have
increased
the
prevalence
of
anorexia
nervosa
(AN),
recent
studies
demonstrated
that
approximately
70%
individuals
diagnosed
with
AN
experienced
deterioration
in
symptoms.
This
study
aimed
to
examine
psychosocial
clinical
impacts
on
patients
during
pandemic.
cross-sectional
involved
35
female
adolescents
who
were
being
treated
at
Ege
University
Child
Adolescent
Psychiatry
Department.
To
assess
pre-pandemic
symptom
levels
daily
life
routines,
a
retrospective
form
utilizing
visual
analog
scale
(VAS)
was
employed.
Body
mass
index
(BMI)
Clinical
Global
Impression
(CGI)
data
recorded
by
an
interviewer
for
all
gave
consent
participate
study.
Fifteen
completed
forms
[VAS,
Children's
Depression
Inventory
(CDI),
Screen
Anxiety
Related
Disorders
Scale
(SCARED),
Eating
Attitudes
Test,
Quality-of-Life
(QoLS),
Autism
Spectrum
Screening
Questionnaire,
Turgay
DSM-4
Based
Evaluation
Behavioral
Children
Adolescents]
online
2022.
diagnosis
progress
assessed
retrospectively
using
Kiddie
Schedule
Affective
Schizophrenia
(K-SADS).
duration
follow-up
period
number
psychiatric
visits
obtained
from
patient
files.
Retrospective
routines
collected
VAS.
mean
age
16.67
±
1.63
years.
Comorbid
diseases
present
73.33%
patients,
major
depressive
disorder
(MDD)
most
common
(46.66%).
Mean
scores
indicated
moderate
anxiety
(SCARED
score:
37.23
12.67)
depression
(CDI
17.23
10.85).
QoLS
negatively
correlated
eating
attitudes
(r
=
-0.601,
p
0.039).
Obsession
level,
exercise
screen
time
pandemic,
while
social
activity,
quality
education,
perception
learning
decreased.
BMI
patients.
Patients
had
higher
compared
those
did
not
complete
(p
0.033).
clinic
26.27
20.33.
results
show
adverse
effects
disrupted
their
routines.
These
high
rates
comorbidities.
showed
improvement
scores,
indicating
positive
impact
treatment.
findings
emphasize
need
comprehensive
care
targeted
interventions
crises
such
as
Eating and Weight Disorders - Studies on Anorexia Bulimia and Obesity,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
28(1)
Published: Feb. 20, 2023
Abstract
Purpose
The
COVID-19
pandemic
has
been
a
leading
cause
of
stress
and
feelings
loss
control,
both
which
have
related
to
eating
disorder
(ED)
pathology
onset
deterioration.
We
aim
estimate
the
magnitude
changes
in
prevalence
rates
of,
indicators
for,
ED
psychopathology
face
pandemic.
Method
Pre-registered
systematic
review
with
frequentist
Bayesian
meta-analyses.
Searches
for
eligible
studies
were
performed
PubMed,
Web
Science
pre-print
servers
until
January
15
2023.
Results
Our
searches
yielded
46
reporting
on
total
4,688,559
subjects.
These
data
provide
strong
evidence
indicating
increased
diagnosed
self-reported
ED’s
concordant
need
care
symptom
severity
scores
patients
not
elevated
during
pandemic,
except
those
anorexia
nervosa.
On
average,
people
general
population
report
relatively
high
levels
emotional
binge
although
evidential
strength
these
associations
is
only
anecdotal
moderate.
Moderators
between-study
heterogeneity
detected.
Conclusions
Altogether,
our
results
suggest
that
associated
wide
spread
negative
effect
patient
samples
population.
development
online
prevention
intervention
programs
EDs
stressful
times
like
encouraged.
A
limitation
reported
here
may
be
prone
biases,
amongst
others,
self-report
bias.
Level
evidence:
I,
meta-analysis.
Preregistration:
Prospero
[
https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero
]
ID:
CRD42022316105.
Psychiatria Polska,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
58(1), P. 121 - 151
Published: Feb. 28, 2024
Cel
pracy
przedstawienie
ogólnego
stanu
psychicznego
dużej
grupy
studentów
różnych
uniwersytetów
w
Ukrainie
trzy
miesiące
po
wybuchu
wojny
na
pełną
skalę.
Metoda
1142
uczestników
zostało
poproszonych
o
określenie
swojego
dobrostanu
skali
od
0
do
10
przed,
i
rozpoczęciu
się
Objawy
zaburzeń
zdrowia
zostały
zmierzone
przy
pomocy
kwestionariuszy
dotyczących
depresji
(PHQ-9),
lęku
(GAD-7),
problemów
ze
snem
(ISI),
odżywiania
(SCOFF),
nadużywania
alkoholu
(CAGE)
stresu
pourazowego
(PC-PTSD-5).
Do
oceny
związków
między
zmiennymi
wykorzystano
test
χ2.
Moc
określono
współczynników
Phi
and
V
Cramera.
Dodatkowo,
wykorzystując
metody
uczenia
maszynowego
(model
regresji
XGBoost)
utworzono
model
predykcyjny
objawów
depresyjnych
Wyniki
66%
badanych
zgłosiło
występowanie
PTSD,
45%
-
umiarkowanych
lub
ciężkich
lękowych,
47%
depresyjnych.
Ponadto
19%
miało
objawy
umiarkowanej
ciężkiej
bezsenności,
15%
nadużywanie
alkoholu,
a
31%
zaburzenia
odżywiania.
Nasilenie
różniło
zależności
m.in.
płci,
roku
studiów,
statusu
społecznego.
Zgodnie
z
modelem
predykcyjnym,
niższy
początkowy
poziom
psychicznego,
płeć
żeńska,
młodszy
wiek,
początkowe
lata
studiów
przeżycie
jakiegokolwiek
doświadczenia
traumatycznego,
tym
traumy
złożonej,
prowadziły
wyższych
wyników
zakresie
depresyjności.
Powrót
poprzedniego
miejsca
zamieszkania
relokacji
był
czynnikiem
protekcyjnym.
Wnioski
Badanie
wykazało
wysokie
rozpowszechnienie
psychicznych
wśród
podczas
pierwszych
miesięcy
Najsilniejszym
predyktorem
uzyskanym
modelu
predykcyjnym
przed
wojną.
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
20(14), P. 6325 - 6325
Published: July 8, 2023
Eating
disorders
(EDs)
are
characterized
by
severe
disturbances
in
eating
behaviors
and
can
sometimes
be
fatal.
also
associated
with
distressing
thoughts
emotions.
They
conditions
affecting
physical,
psychological,
social
functions.
Preoccupation
food,
body
weight,
shape
may
play
an
important
role
the
regulation
of
disorders.
Common
have
three
major
types:
anorexia
nervosa
(AN),
bulimia
(BN),
binge
disorder
(BED).
In
some
cases,
EDs
serious
consequences
for
individual’s
physical
mental
health.
These
often
develop
during
adolescence
or
early
adulthood
affect
both
males
females,
although
they
more
commonly
diagnosed
young
adult
females.
Treatment
typically
involves
a
combination
therapy,
nutrition
counseling,
medical
care.
this
narrative
review,
authors
summarized
what
is
known
discussed
future
directions
that
worth
exploring
emerging
area.
Current Opinion in Psychiatry,
Journal Year:
2022,
Volume and Issue:
35(6), P. 353 - 361
Published: July 29, 2022
Purpose
of
review
To
the
recent
literature
on
impact
coronavirus
disease-2019
(COVID-19)
pandemic
incidence
and
severity
symptoms
eating
disorders
(EDs).
Recent
findings
A
worrying
increase
EDs
in-
outpatients
has
been
reported
since
COVID-19
began
in
2019/2020.
Restrictions
implemented
during
to
protect
populations
against
increased
risk
for
onset
worsening
by
disrupting
exercise
routines,
social
isolation,
lack
support,
limited
access
healthcare.
Substantial
increases
start
have
overall
(15%),
hospital
admissions
(48%)
emergency
department
visits
(11%)
EDs,
with
even
higher
among
women
children
or
adolescents
an
ED.
During
pandemic,
ED
patients
ED-specific
anxiety,
depression
suicidal
ideations
-attempts.
Treatments
shifted
largely
toward
online
methods
continuity
care,
despite
concerns
about
quality
care
provided
difficulties
self-monitoring.
Our
provides
preliminary
evidence
a
similar
effectiveness
treatment
prepandemic
face-to-face
treatment.
In-person
assessment
remains
essential
detecting
those
requiring
medical
admission.
Summary
Although
ongoing
COVID-2019
affected
mental
health
globally,
research
shows
that
it
particularly
individuals
diagnosis
at
ED,
especially
women,
adolescents,
anorexia
nervosa.
Nutrients,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
15(16), P. 3607 - 3607
Published: Aug. 17, 2023
Background:
The
aim
of
this
systematic
review
and
meta-analysis
was
to
examine
the
prevalence
feeding
eating
disorder
(FED)
symptoms
or
dysfunctional
behaviours
(DEB)
in
general
population
during
COVID-19
outbreak.
Method:
We
searched
eligible
articles
biomedical
databases
from
1
January
2020
31
March
2022.
Prevalence
rates
FED
DEB
changes
between
pre-pandemic
pandemic
time
correlation
with
psychological
distress
were
pooled
a
using
random-effects
model.
Heterogeneity
tested
I-squared
(I2)
statistics.
A
total
186
studies
406,076
participants
met
inclusion
criteria.
Results:
more
prevalent
outbreak
were:
body
image
concerns
(52%,
95%
CI
0.38,
0.66),
binge
(40%,
0.25,
0.55),
overeating
=
0.32–0.48).
Pooled
data
longitudinal
(k
8)
only
showed
significant
difference
weight
gain
time.
Finally,
increased
levels
35)
positively
correlated
some
ED
symptoms.
Conclusion:
This
evidenced
negative
impact
on
population.
The European Research Journal,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown, P. 1 - 9
Published: Feb. 20, 2025
Objective:
This
study
aims
to
investigate
the
relationship
between
anxiety
and
depression
levels
with
bulimia
symptoms
body
mass
index
(BMI)
during
quarantine
measures.
Methods:
Voluntary
individuals
were
included,
evaluated
before
after
2-month
period,
self-report
questionnaires
administered.
In
addition
sociodemographic
data
form,
Hospital
Anxiety
Depression
Scale
(HADS)
Bulimic
Investigatory
Test,
Edinburgh
(BITE)
applied
twice
participants
their
BMI
recorded.
Results:
An
increase
in
HADS-A
scores
was
observed
(z=-6.456,
P<0.001).
Upon
comparing
scale
scores,
values
recorded
at
onset
of
period
two
months
later,
a
negative
correlation
BITE-2
(after
follow-up)
score
both
BMI-2
value
HADS-A1
(baseline
measurement)
score,
coefficients
r
=-0.493,
P<0.001,
=-0.267,
P=0.041,
respectively.
Additionally,
BMI-1
positively
correlated
HADS-D1
(r=0.186,
P=0.028)
negatively
BITE-1
(r=-0.323,
Conclusions:
The
finding
higher
high
depressive
symptom
severity,
bulimic
BMI,
reveal
impact
mental
health
on
eating
behavior
effect
pandemic
psychiatric
symptoms.
Our
can
provide
unique
perspective
behaviors
symptomatology
due
Psychiatry Research,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
348, P. 116493 - 116493
Published: April 11, 2025
The
COVID-19
pandemic
has
profoundly
impacted
anorexia
nervosa
(AN),
increasing
pressure
on
healthcare
services
and
causing
specific
psychopathological
changes.
However,
the
characterization
of
changes
in
presentation
patterns
across
remains
unclear.
This
study
aimed
to
address
this
gap
by
comparing
symptom
networks
patients
with
pre-
post-pandemic
AN
onset.
Data
from
189
diagnosed
2016
2022
were
analyzed.
Patients
divided
into
pre-COVID
(n
=
101)
post-COVID
88)
onset
groups.
Network
analysis
was
employed
examine
interconnections
among
eating
disorder
symptoms
measured
EDI-1,
general
psychopathology
SCL-90,
perceived
social
support.
Regularized
partial
correlation
estimated
compared.
group
showed
increased
centrality
obsessive-compulsive
body
dissatisfaction.
Stronger
associations
found
between
interoceptive
awareness
symptoms,
perfectionism
dissatisfaction,
support
friends
bulimic
behaviors.
pre-pandemic
a
unique
connection
drive
for
thinness
somatization,
while
negative
association
family
thinness.
These
findings
suggest
pandemic-related
factors
have
altered
highlight
peculiar
role
relationships.
Understanding
these
can
enhance
clinical
approaches
treating
amid
ongoing
future
global
challenges.
International Journal of Eating Disorders,
Journal Year:
2025,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: April 28, 2025
ABSTRACT
Objective
This
study
investigated
post‐pandemic
trends
in
the
incidence
of
eating
disorders
(EDs)
by
comparing
annual
observed
from
January
1st,
2020,
to
December
31st,
2023,
expected
based
on
pre‐pandemic
(2010–2019).
Method
Primary
and
auxiliary
ICD‐10
diagnoses
new‐onset
ED
cases
were
retrieved
Norwegian
Patient
Registry
which
is
a
national
register
covering
all
specialized
healthcare
services
Norway.
Incidence
rates
(IRs)
per
100,000
stratified
age,
sex,
diagnosis:
anorexia
nervosa
(AN;
F50.0
+
50.1),
bulimia
(BN;
F50.2
50.3),
other
EDs
(F50.4–50.9).
To
assess
impact
COVID‐19
pandemic,
linear
regression
models
used
estimate
excess
between
2020
2023.
Results
IRs
for
peaked
2021,
with
overall
rate
females
being
45.5%
higher
than
2021
before
declining
an
19.4%
The
highest
aged
15–19,
followed
10–14
20–24
years.
In
IR
15–19
was
64.7%
sharply
10.9%
whereas
ages
remained
approximately
30%
expected.
Increases
particularly
pronounced
AN,
while
BN
comparatively
low,
tracking
declines.
Conclusions
New‐onset
then
declined
2022
despite
remaining
10
years
data.
Future
research
should
continue
monitor
incidence,
community‐based
studies
are
necessary
replication.