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IMPATTO DELLA PANDEMIA DI COVID-19 SUGLI ESITI DEL TRATTAMENTO RIABILITATIVO DI VILLA GARDA NEI PAZIENTI CON ANORESSIA NERVOSA: UNO STUDIO DI COORTE

Sabato 25 Giugno 2022

Dalle Grave R, Dalle Grave A, Bani E, Oliosi A, Conti M, Dametti L, Calugi, S. Int J Eat Disord. 2022. doi: 10.1002/eat.23765. - Abstract

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the efficacy of an intensive treatment based on enhanced cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT-E) in patients with anorexia nervosa.

METHODS: This cohort study analyzed 57 patients with anorexia nervosa who experienced the COVID-19 pandemic during intensive CBT-E, comparing their outcomes (body mass index [BMI], eating-disorder and general psychopathology, and clinical impairment) with those of patients with anorexia nervosa matched by gender, age, and BMI given the same treatment before the COVID-19 outbreak as controls. Patients were assessed at baseline, at the end of treatment and after 20 weeks of follow-up.

RESULTS: More than 75% of patients during the pandemic versus 85% of controls completed the treatment, a difference that was not significant. BMI, eating disorder and general psychopathology and clinical impairment scores improved significantly from baseline to 20-week follow-up in both groups. However, the improvement was more marked in controls than in those treated during the COVID-19 pandemic.

CONCLUSION: Patients with anorexia nervosa given intensive CBT-E during the COVID-19 pandemic had significantly improved psychopathology, albeit to a lesser extent than patients given the same treatment before the COVID-19 pandemic. Public significance statement: In this study, the outcome of 57 patients with anorexia treated with intensive enhanced cognitive behavior therapy during the COVID-19 pandemic was compared with a matched group treated before the pandemic hit. The rate of remission from anorexia nervosa was similar between the two groups. However, patients exposed to the COVID-19 pandemic showed lesser improvement than those not exposed.

KEYWORDS: anorexia nervosa, cognitive behavioral therapy, COVID-19, pandemic, isolation, lockdown, treatment outcomes

Dalle Grave R, Dalle Grave A, Bani E, Oliosi A, Conti M, Dametti L, et al. The impact of the COVID ‐19 pandemic on intensive cognitive behavioral therapy outcomes in patients with anorexia nervosa—A cohort study. Int J Eat Disord. 2022. doi: 10.1002/eat.23765.

IMPATTO DELLA PANDEMIA DI COVID-19 SUGLI ESITI DEL TRATTAMENTO RIABILITATIVO DI VILLA GARDA NEI PAZIENTI CON ANORESSIA NERVOSA: UNO STUDIO DI COORTE