COVID 19, Eating Disorders
Conditions
Brief summary
Since March 17, 2020, the French government has implemented national containment measures due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Quarantine is an unpleasant experience : Separation from relatives, loss of liberty, concern about the infectious status, boredom, can negatively affect mental health, with the emergence of anxiety and depressive symptoms. In addition, confinement can disrupt usual physical activity, a major destabilization criterion for patients suffering from eating disorders (ED). Finally, conditions of confinement can harm social support, yet identified as a protective and resilience factor in stress contexts. Thus, the current context of confinement and social distances could be source of an increase in eating behavior disorders symptoms in people suffering from ED.
Detailed description
Investigators will recruit 40 patients with eating disorders. All patients were initially assessed in the daily hospital of the Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition Department (Montpellier University Hospital) from January to march 2020. All participants will performed a phone interview to assess eating disorder symptoms, caracteristicus of containment, 1 month after the beginning of the containment, and 1 month after the end of the containment.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
INSERM U1061 (Statistics)
University Hospital, Montpellier
Study design
Observational model
OTHER
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Adult women * Surferring from ED * Assessed in the ED daily hospital (UH of Montpellier) from January to March 2020
Exclusion criteria
* minors * refusal to participate
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Variation in eating disorders | 1 month | the investigators aim to investigate the link between containment measures |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Identify the clinical factors modulating the psychological state during confinement | 1 month | the investigators aim to investigate the link between containment measures |
| Vision of the bodily aspect | 1 month | The investigators aim to investigate the link between containment measures |
| Variation in physical activity | 1 month | the investigators aim to investigate the link between containment measures |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed