From: Access to care and worsening eating disorder symptomatology in youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
 | Overall (N = 73) N (%) | Intrusive ED Thoughts | ED Behaviorsa | ||||
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n (%) | p-value | n (%) | p-value | ||||
Increased (n = 59) | No change/ decreased (n = 14) | Frequently or daily (n = 33) | Rarely or Never (n = 40) | ||||
Access | |||||||
 Accessed via telehealth†| 64 (88%) | 53 (90%) | 11 (79%) | 0.36 | 29 (88%) | 35 (88%) | 0.99 |
 Accessed in-person†| 16 (22%) | 13 (22%) | 3 (21%) | 0.99 | 7 (21%) | 9 (23%) | 0.89 |
 No access | 6 (8%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (21%) | 0.08 | 3 (9%) | 3 (8%) | 0.99 |
Any access to care | Â | Â | Â | 0.08 | Â | Â | 0.99 |
 Yes (telehealth and/or in-person) | 67 (92%) | 56 (95%) | 11 (79%) |  | 30 (91%) | 37 (92%) |  |
 No | 6 (8%) | 3 (5%) | 3 (21%) |  | 3 (9%) | 3 (8%) |  |
Change in therapy | |||||||
 Outpatient therapy |  |  |  | 0.49 |  |  | 0.66 |
  No change | 57 (78%) | 47 (80%) | 10 (71%) |  | 25 (76%) | 32 (80%) |  |
  Stopped during pandemic | 16 (22%) | 12 (20%) | 4 (29%) |  | 8 (24%) | 8 (20%) |  |
 Outpatient nutrition |  |  |  | 0.99 |  |  | 0.99 |
  No change | 66 (90%) | 53 (90%) | 13 (93%) |  | 30 (91%) | 36 (90%) |  |
  Stopped during pandemic | 7 (10%) | 6 (10%) | 1 (7%) |  | 3 (9%) | 4 (10%) |  |
 Weight checks by medical provider |  |  |  | 0.12 |  |  | 0.22 |
  No change | 50 (68%) | 43 (73%) | 7 (50%) |  | 25 (76%) | 25 (63%) |  |
  Stopped during to pandemic | 23 (32%) | 16 (27%) | 7 (50%) |  | 8 (24%) | 15 (38%) |  |
 Stopped any treatment |  |  |  | 0.38 |  |  | 0.44 |
  Yes | 34 (47%) | 26 (44%) | 8 (57%) |  | 16 (48%) | 23 (58%) |  |
  No | 39 (53%) | 33 (56%) | 6 (43%) |  | 17 (52%) | 17 (42%) |  |
Disruption | |||||||
 Perceived disruption to care |  |  |  | 0.36 |  |  | 0.56 |
  Yes | 24 (32%) | 21 (36%) | 3 (21%) |  | 12 (36%) | 12 (30%) |  |
  No | 49 (67%) | 38 (64%) | 11 (79%) |  | 21 (64%) | 28 (70%) |  |
Quality | |||||||
 Quality of treatment in past 3 months |  |  |  | 0.01 |  |  | 0.51 |
  Better than usual | 6 (8%) | 2 (3%) | 4 (31%) |  | 1 (3%) | 5 (13%) |  |
  As good as usual | 42 (59%) | 34 (59%) | 8 (62%) |  | 19 (59%) | 23 (59%) |  |
  Somewhat worse than usual | 21 (30%) | 20 (34%) | 1 (8%) |  | 11 (34%) | 10 (26%) |  |
  Much worse than usual | 2 (3%) | 2 (3%) | 0 (0%) |  | 1 (3%) | 1 (3%) |  |