Effects associated with the use of healthcare for eating disorders by women in the community: a longitudinal cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study examined formal and informal healthcare use (HCU) in community women with disordered eating, and associations of HCU with mental health-related quality of life (MHRQoL), psychological distress, mental health literacy (MHL) and eating disorder (ED) symptoms over time.

Hypothesis

We hypothesised that HCU would lead to improvement in ED symptom severity, MHRQoL, MHL and psychological distress.

Design, setting, participants

Data were from years 2, 4 and 9 of a longitudinal cohort of 443 community women (mean age 30.6, SE 0.4 years) with a range of ED symptoms, randomly recruited from the Australian Capital Territory electoral role or via convenience sampling from tertiary education centres. Data were collected using posted/emailed self-report questio

SUBMITTER: Holtzhausen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7454177 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature