在COVID-19大流行之前,期间和之后,饮食障碍入院的不断变化的个人资料
Tina Almukhtar1,2, Karen Wynter2,3, Josephine Power1,2
1Mental Health Program, Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia.
The International journal of eating disorders
|October 23, 2025
概括
专家饮食障碍住院护理的需求显著增加,随着更长的等待列表和更复杂的患者需求的流行后. 这凸显了迫切需要扩大服务和资源,以满足不断增长的饮食障碍患病率.
科学领域:
- 精神病学是一个精神病学.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
背景情况:
- 基于社区的护理是饮食障碍的标准,但严重的病例需要住院治疗.
- 由于COVID-19的流行,饮食障碍的发生率和流行率有所上升.
- 疫情对获得专业住院饮食障碍服务的影响尚不清楚.
研究的目的:
- 调查澳大利亚成人急性饮食障碍专家住院病房 (SEDIU) 的入院需求.
- 为了比较大流行之前,期间和之后的入院特征的变化.
主要方法:
- 在2019年至2023年期间,对212名患者入院SEDIU的回顾性分析.
- 收集的数据包括等候名单的持续时间,患者人口统计,临床标志物和患者报告的结果.
- 分析比较了流行病前,流行病期间和流行病后的时期.
主要成果:
- 与流行病前相比,流行病后的等候名单的持续时间增加了一倍以上 (p < 0.001).
- 在等待名单期间,门诊服务和急诊室的联系人增加 (p = 0.004和p = 0.020).
- 与流行病前和流行病后相比,并发症的数量显著增加 (p = 0.010),尽管生理标志物没有变化.
结论:
- 增加的等待列表持续时间和并发症表明对SEDIU服务的需求正在增加.
- 迫切需要加强资源和综合饮食障碍服务.
- 扩大能力,多样化的护理模式和早期干预对于管理需求和改善患者结果至关重要.
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