Eating disorders during lockdown: the transcultural influence on eating and mood disturbances in Ibero-Brazilian population

Isabel Baenas, Carmem Beatriz Neufeld, Rita Ramos, Lucero Munguía, Rosane P Pessa, Tânia Rodrigues, Susana Jiménez-Murcia, Sónia Gonçalves, Marília C Teodoro, Ana Pinto-Bastos, Nazaré O Almeida, Roser Granero, Mikel Etxandi, Shauana R S Soares, Fernando Fernández-Aranda, Paulo P P Machado

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Background: COVID-19 pandemic has implied exceptional restrictive measures to contain its widespread, with adverse consequences on mental health, especially for those people with a background of mental illness, such as eating disorders (EDs). In this population, the influence of socio-cultural aspects on mental health has been still underexplored. Then, the main aim of this study was to assess changes in eating and general psychopathology in people with EDs during lockdown regarding the ED subtype, age, and provenance, and considering socio-cultural aspects (e.g., socioeconomical factors such as work and financial losses, social support, restrictive measures, or health accessibility, among others). Methods: The clinical sample was composed of 264 female participants with EDs (74 anorexia nervosa (AN), 44 bulimia nervosa (BN), 81 binge eating disorder (BED), and 65 other specified feeding and eating disorder (OSFED)), with a mean age of 33.49 years old (SD = 12.54), from specialized ED units in Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. The participants were evaluated using the COVID-19 Isolation Eating Scale (CIES). Results: A global impairment in mood symptoms and emotion regulation was reported in all the ED subtypes, groups of age, and countries. Spanish and Portuguese individuals seemed more resilient than Brazilian ones (p
Idioma originalAnglès
Número d’article39
Pàgines (de-a)1-11
Nombre de pàgines11
RevistaJournal of Eating Disorders
Volum11
Número1
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Estat de la publicacióPublicada - 11 de març 2023

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