Longer‐term impact of COVID‐19 among individuals with self‐reported eating disorders in the United States, the Netherlands, and Sweden

Abstract Objective We assessed eating disorder (ED) illness status, symptomatology, treatment access, anxiety, and depression in the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic among individuals with a pre‐existing ED in the United States (US), the Netherlands (NL), and Sweden (SE). Methods Participants completed online surveys in April–July 2020, at the early stage of the pandemic, and one year later. At one‐year follow‐up, we added questions addressing retrospective changes in ED symptoms, treatment, and anxiety/depression since the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic. We present descriptive statistics a... Mehr ...