TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Increase in urgent care for patients with an eating disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic in a Spanish province
JO  - Revista de psiquiatrí́a y salud mental
A1  - Irigoyen-Otiñano, Maria
A1  - Gonzalez-Pinto, Ana
A1  - Llorca-Bofí, Vicent
A1  - Adrados-Pérez, Marina
A1  - Arenas-Pijoan, Laura
A1  - Torterolo, Giovanni
A1  - Sánchez-Cazalilla, Marta
A1  - Buil, Esther
A1  - Nicolau-Subires, Eugènia
A1  - Albert-Porcar, Carla
A1  - Ibarra-Pertusa, Lucía
A1  - Puigdevall-Ruestes, Margarita
SP  - 142
EP  - 146
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - INTRODUCTION: The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on people's mental health. Patients with eating disorders (ED) are also highly sensitive to the pandemic situation due to their physical and mental health. The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact that the COVID-19 pandemic may have had on the reasons for the urgent care of patients with an eating disorder, comparing the reasons for care with those from a previous period.  METHOD: We compared the visits to the emergency room and their characteristics before and after the pandemic of patients with an eating disorder in the province of Lleida. Information regarding sociodemographic status, reason for consultation, diagnosis, characteristics of suicidal behaviour, and other data were obtained from the electronic medical records.  RESULTS: Within the total emergency attendances, eating disorders increased from 1.7% in the pre-pandemic period to 3.1% during the pandemic (p = 0.030). Regarding the reason for consultation, a change in the pattern is observed, decreasing consultations for anxious decompensation (p < 0.001) and increasing suicidal behaviour (p = 0.016) and behavioural disorder (p = 0.022).  CONCLUSIONS: In our study we ascertained an increase in urgent care given to patients with an eating disorder during the two states of alarm, while consultations for anxiety symptoms decreased notably. However, care for suicidal behaviour increased, especially in women with comorbidity of personality disorders and who were unemployed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1888-9891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rpsm.2021.11.005
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