The abrupt transition from face-to-face to online treatment for eating disorders: a pilot examination of patients’ perspectives during the COVID-19 lockdown

Table 4 The univariate associations of eating disorder (ED) psychopathology, general psychopathology, therapeutic alliance, COVID-19 anxiety with TSQ and the 6-item measure of patients’ perspectives towards the transition to online treatment (N = 63)

		TSQ similarity	TSQ quality	Perspectives towards the transition to online treatment
ED psychopathology (EDE-Q)
Dietary restraints	r =	−.096	.101	−.121
Dietary restraints	p =	.454	.432	.347
Eating concerns	r =	.045	.041	−.094
Eating concerns	p =	.726	.751	.466
Shape concerns	r =	−.070	−.100	−.168
Shape concerns	p =	.587	.435	.187
Weight concerns	r =	−.038	−.053	−.155
Weight concerns	p =	.767	.678	.224
General psychopathology (DASS-21)
Depression	r =	−.121	.094	−.162
Depression	p =	.344	.466	.205
Stress	r =	−.037	.094	−.158
Stress	p =	.772	.461	.215
Anxiety	r =	−.114	.026	−.080
Anxiety	p =	.376	.840	.531
COVID-19 anxiety (FCV-19S)
	r =	−.193	−.143	.276
	p =	.129	.263	.029
Therapeutic alliance (WAI-S)
Total	r =	.196	.173	.293
Total	p =	.147	.203	.028
Task	r =	.033	.086	.346
Task	p =	.806	.530	.009
Bond	r =	.291	.119	.140
Bond	p =	.030	.384	.302
Goal	r =	.204	.268	.295
Goal	p =	.131	.045	.027

Note: Perspectives towards the transition to online treatment were measured using the six items developed for the current study. A higher score represents a more positive attitude towards the transition. Bold font indicates statistically significant results (p-value< 0.05). Abbreviations: ED eating disorder, EDE-Q Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire, DASS-21 Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale – Version 21, WAI-S Working Alliance Inventory – short version, COVID-19 coronavirus disease 2019, FCV-19S Fear of COVID-19 Scale (FCV-19S), TSQ Telemedicine Satisfaction Questionnaire

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