The increase in medical admissions with anorexia nervosa during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Western Australia

The increase in medical admissions with anorexia nervosa during the COVID‐19 pandemic in Western Australia

Objective A comparative study to describe the increase in medical admissions of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) in Western Australia in 2019 (pre‐pandemic) and 2020 (peri‐pandemic). Method Patient demographics, physiological parameters, length of stay, time to assessment by the E...

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Veröffentlicht in:The International journal of eating disorders 2023-08, Vol.56 (8), p.1661-1666
Hauptverfasser: Wong, Jessica W. S., Skeldon, Sarah, Gill, Emma, Taylor, Ellen, Billingham, Wesley, Stevenson, Paul Geoffrey, Shipton, Nicolene, Ferguson, Grant, Collins, Rachel, Newton, Rachel, Newell, Amanda, Martin, Andrew C.
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Sprache:eng
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Anorexia
anorexia nervosa
coronavirus
COVID-19
Eating disorders
hospital admission
inpatient treatment
length of stay
mental health
Pandemics
readmission
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Zusammenfassung:Objective A comparative study to describe the increase in medical admissions of children and adolescents with anorexia nervosa (AN) in Western Australia in 2019 (pre‐pandemic) and 2020 (peri‐pandemic). Method Patient demographics, physiological parameters, length of stay, time to assessment by the Eating Disorder Service (EDS), and commencement of specialist eating disorder (ED) outpatient treatment was collected for adolescents admitted with AN between 1st January 2019 and 31st December 2020. Results The number of admissions doubled from 126 in 2019 to 268 in 2020. The number of children admitted increased by 52%. The median length of hospital stay was shorter in 2020 (12 vs. 17 days; p 
ISSN:0276-3478
1098-108X
DOI:10.1002/eat.23977