Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic
The objective is to examine how hospital admissions for mental health and eating disorders changed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the return to fully in-person school with increased vaccine availability. Data from a tertiary care children's hospital were examined for admissi...
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| description | The objective is to examine how hospital admissions for mental health and eating disorders changed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the return to fully in-person school with increased vaccine availability. Data from a tertiary care children's hospital were examined for admissions to the hospital from March 2018 through March 2022, including children 6–20 years old admitted with ICD-10 codes for mental health and eating disorders. Interrupted time series (ITS) analyses were used to examine for changes at specific time points. In the first year of the pandemic, the ITS analysis showed a significant increase in admissions per month for eating disorders with a slope of 1.2 (95 % CI: 0.2, 2.2) and for other mental health diagnoses, a slope of 1.9 (95 % CI: 1.1, 2.7). In a longer-term ITS analysis, return to fully in-person school was associated with no significant changes. The COVID-19 pandemic had an initial impact on admissions for eating disorders and other mental health that attenuated over time. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d61a38419844439b9072d579d31ffb2c2024-03-14T06:17:16ZengElsevierPsychiatry Research Communications2772-59872024-03-0141100156Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemicSydney C. Jones0Megan Jacobs1Emile Latour2Rebecca Marshall3Michelle Noelck4Byron A. Foster5School of Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University, 2730 SW Moody Avenue Portland, OR 97201 USADepartment of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, 707 SW Gaines St CDRC Portland, OR 97239 USA; Corresponding author. Department of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, 707 SW Gaines St, CDRC, Portland, OR 97239 USA.Biostatistics Shared Resource, Knight Cancer Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, 2720 SW Moody Ave, Portland, OR 97201 USADepartment of Psychiatry, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd Portland, Room 2316, OR 97239 Multnomah Pavilion USADepartment of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, 707 SW Gaines St CDRC Portland, OR 97239 USADepartment of Pediatrics, Oregon Health & Science University, 707 SW Gaines St CDRC Portland, OR 97239 USA; OHSU-PSU School of Public Health, 3181 SW Sam Jackson, Park Road, Portland, OR 97239 USAThe objective is to examine how hospital admissions for mental health and eating disorders changed at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and with the return to fully in-person school with increased vaccine availability. Data from a tertiary care children's hospital were examined for admissions to the hospital from March 2018 through March 2022, including children 6–20 years old admitted with ICD-10 codes for mental health and eating disorders. Interrupted time series (ITS) analyses were used to examine for changes at specific time points. In the first year of the pandemic, the ITS analysis showed a significant increase in admissions per month for eating disorders with a slope of 1.2 (95 % CI: 0.2, 2.2) and for other mental health diagnoses, a slope of 1.9 (95 % CI: 1.1, 2.7). In a longer-term ITS analysis, return to fully in-person school was associated with no significant changes. The COVID-19 pandemic had an initial impact on admissions for eating disorders and other mental health that attenuated over time.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772598724000023Mental disordersFeeding and eating disordersPediatricsAdolescentStay at home orders |
| spellingShingle | Sydney C. Jones Megan Jacobs Emile Latour Rebecca Marshall Michelle Noelck Byron A. Foster Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic Psychiatry Research Communications Mental disorders Feeding and eating disorders Pediatrics Adolescent Stay at home orders |
| title | Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full | Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_fullStr | Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_full_unstemmed | Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_short | Admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic |
| title_sort | admissions for eating disorders and other mental health diagnoses during the covid 19 pandemic |
| topic | Mental disorders Feeding and eating disorders Pediatrics Adolescent Stay at home orders |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772598724000023 |
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