Containment Measures and Eating Disorders

Completed

• Conditions: Eating Disorders; COVID 19

• Registration Number: NCT04492189
• Lead Sponsor: University Hospital, Montpellier

Brief Summary

Since March 17, 2020, the French government has implemented national containment measures due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Quarantine is an unpleasant experience : Separation from relatives, loss of liberty, concern about the infectious status, boredom, can negatively affect mental health, with the emergence of anxiety and depressive symptoms.

In addition, confinement can disrupt usual physical activity, a major destabilization criterion for patients suffering from eating disorders (ED). Finally, conditions of confinement can harm social support, yet identified as a protective and resilience factor in stress contexts. Thus, the current context of confinement and social distances could be source of an increase in eating behavior disorders symptoms in people suffering from ED.

Detailed Description

Investigators will recruit 40 patients with eating disorders. All patients were initially assessed in the daily hospital of the Endocrinology, Diabetes, Nutrition Department (Montpellier University Hospital) from January to march 2020.

All participants will performed a phone interview to assess eating disorder symptoms, caracteristicus of containment, 1 month after the beginning of the containment, and 1 month after the end of the containment.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2020-04-01
• Study First Submitted: 2020-04-19
• Primary Completion: 2020-05-30
• Status Verified: 2020-06
• Study Completion: 2020-06-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2020-07-28
• Last Update Submitted: 2020-07-28
• Study First Posted: 2020-07-30
• Last Update Posted: 2020-07-30

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 40

Inclusion Criteria

Not provided

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Variation in eating disorders	1 month	the investigators aim to investigate the link between ED symptomatology with EDE-Q (eating disorder evaluation, caractéristiques du TCA)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Vision of the bodily aspect	1 month	The investigators aim to investigate the link between body dissatisfaction
Variation in physical activity	1 month	the investigators aim to investigate the link between physical activity
Identify the clinical factors modulating the psychological state during confinement	1 month	the investigators aim to investigate the link between emotional eating

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Uhmontpellier; 🇫🇷 Montpellier, France