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Table 1 Demographic characteristics and eating disorder diagnosis among COVID-19 survey respondents from the RECOVERY study (N = 89)

From: COVID-19 and eating disorder and mental health concerns in patients with eating disorders

  n (%) p-value
Overall (N = 89) Concern of eating disorder worsening due to triggering environment
Yes (n = 56) No (n = 33)
Age at survey completion (years), mean (SD) 18.9 (2.9) 19.2 (2.8) 18.4 (3.2) 0.20
Age 18 or above at survey completion 56 (63%) 40 (71%) 16 (48%) 0.03
Female at birth 80 (89%) 51 (91%) 29 (88%) 0.72
Race/Ethnicity     0.20
 White, non-Hispanic 69 (78%) 41 (73%) 28 (85%)  
 Other race/ethnicitya 20 (22%) 15 (27%) 5 (15%)  
Restrictive ED Diagnosis 75 (84%) 52 (93%) 23 (70%) 0.004
Length of ED Treatment     0.49
  < 1 year 8 (9%) 6 (11%) 2 (6%)  
 1–2 years 34 (38%) 23 (41%) 11 (33%)  
 2 years or more 47 (53%) 27 (48%) 20 (61%)  
  1. SD standard deviation, ED eating disorder
  2. aOther race comprised of n = 7 Asian, n = 6 Multiracial, n = 4 Hispanic, n = 2 Other race and n = 1 Black