Ioannidis, Konstantinos;
Hook, Roxanne W;
Wiedemann, Anna;
Bhatti, Junaid;
Czabanowska, Katarzyna;
Roman-Urrestarazu, Andres;
Grant, Jon E;
... Chamberlain, Samuel R; + view all
(2022)
Associations between COVID-19 pandemic impact, dimensions of behavior and eating disorders: A longitudinal UK-based study.
Comprehensive Psychiatry
, 115
, Article 152304. 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152304.
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Abstract
BACKGROUND: There is growing concern about how people with eating disorders are impacted by the widespread societal restructuring during the COVID-19 crisis. AIMS: We aimed to examine how factors relating to the impact of the pandemic associate with eating disorders and quantify this relationship while adjusting for concurrent and longitudinal parameters of risk. METHODS: We gathered demographic, behavioral and clinical data pre- and mid-pandemic as well as childhood trauma history from a longitudinal online survey of 489 adults (mean age 23.4 years) recruited from the Neuroscience in Psychiatry Network (NSPN). Using pre-pandemic (T1) and concurrent (T2) data we aimed to predict eating disorders at mid-pandemic (T2). We deployed hierarchical generalized logistic regression to ascertain the strength of longitudinal and concurrent associations. RESULTS: Pre-pandemic eating disorder scores strongly associated with concurrent eating disorder (z = 5.93). More conflict at home mid-pandemic (z = 2.03), pre- (lower sensation seeking z = −2.58) and mid-pandemic (higher lack of perseverance z = 2.33) impulsivity traits also associated with mid-pandemic eating disorder. CONCLUSION: Conflict at home mid-pandemic and specific aspects of impulsiveness significantly associated with concurrent eating disorder when adjusted for pre-pandemic eating disorder symptoms, baseline demographics, behavioral traits, history of traumatic experiences and concurrent psychopathology. These results provide insight into the struggles of those suffering with eating disorders during the COVID-19 pandemic and highlight the importance of impulsiveness traits and the immediate family environment in their experience of illness during the pandemic.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Associations between COVID-19 pandemic impact, dimensions of behavior and eating disorders: A longitudinal UK-based study |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152304 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2022.152304 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | © 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. under a Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
| Keywords: | Anorexia nervosa, Bulimia nervosa, COVID-19, Eating disorder, Pandemic, Impulsivity, Conflict at home |
| UCL classification: | UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10144851 |
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