Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada; National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC), Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada.
National Eating Disorder Information Centre (NEDIC), Toronto, ON, M5G 2C4, Canada.
Psychiatry Res. 2021 Dec;306:114263. doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2021.114263. Epub 2021 Nov 3.
We analyzed service utilization data from the National Eating Disorder Information Centre's (NEDIC) toll-free helpline/chat to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on help-seeking behaviors among youth with disordered eating and their caregivers. The number of contacts from affected youth (n = 650) and caregivers (n = 823) was significantly higher in the pandemic year than 2018 and 2019. The proportion of affected youth reporting dieting/restriction, perfectionism, and weight pre-occupation was significantly higher during the pandemic than in 2018 and 2019. Our findings lend support to accounts from expert clinicians reporting an increase in youth presenting with eating disordered symptoms during the pandemic.
我们分析了国家饮食失调信息中心（NEDIC）免费热线/聊天服务利用数据，以评估 COVID-19 大流行对有饮食失调的青年及其照顾者寻求帮助行为的影响。受影响的青年（n=650）和照顾者（n=823）的联系人数在大流行年份显著高于 2018 年和 2019 年。报告节食/限制、完美主义和体重关注的受影响青年的比例在大流行期间显著高于 2018 年和 2019 年。我们的研究结果支持专家临床医生的报告，即大流行期间有更多的年轻人出现饮食失调症状。
