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Table 1 Reported demographics of survey respondents

From: The financial and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth with eating disorders, their families, clinicians and the mental health system: a mixed methods cost analysis

 

Youth

Primary caregivers

Health professionals

n = 29

n = 29

n = 56a

Gender identity (n, %)b

Woman

23 (79.3)

26 (89.7)

48 (85.7)

Man

2 (6.9)

2 (6.9)

8 (14.3)

Non-binary

2 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Other

1 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

2 (3.4)

Age in years (SD)

21.90 (4.61)

46.61 (5.27)

41.44 (11.28)

Time working in field of EDs, n (%)

≤ 6 months

–

–

2 (3.6)

> 6 months but ≤ 12 months

–

–

3(5.5)

> One year but ≤ five years

–

–

13 (2.4)

> 5 years but ≤ 10 years

–

–

15(27.3)

> 10 years

–

–

22(40.0)

ED diagnosis, n (%)c

Anorexia nervosa

20 (69.0)

24 (82.8)

–

Bulimia nervosa

3 (10.3)

2 (6.9)

–

Binge eating disorder

2 (6.9)

0 (0.0)

–

Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder

2 (6.9)

1 (3.4)

–

Other specified feeding or eating disorder (OSFED)

7 (24.1)

2 (6.9)

–

Unspecified feeding or eating disorder (UFED)

0 (0.0)

1(3.4)

–

Not had a formal diagnosis

3 (10.3)

0 (0.0)

–

  1. aHealth professionals include 52 clinicians and 4 decision makers
  2. bRespondents were able to select more than one gender identity
  3. cRespondents were able to select more than one ED diagnosis for themselves or their loved one