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Binge eating disorder experienced by young doctors struggling with COVID-19

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

M. Tfifha ,
W. Abbes ,
M. Dhemaid ,
K. Mdhaffar ,
M. Abbes ,
K. Zitoun  and
L. Ghanmi
M. Tfifha*
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
W. Abbes
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
M. Dhemaid
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
K. Mdhaffar
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
M. Abbes
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
K. Zitoun
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
L. Ghanmi
Affiliation:
Department Of Psychiatry, regional hospital of gabes, gabes, Tunisia
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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Introduction

The COVID19 outbreak has disrupted the mental health of resident doctors who had to care for patients. Eating disorders were among these reported mental health problems.

Objectives

To screen binge eating disorder among young Tunisian doctors and its associated factors.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical online-based survey, from April 19, 2020, to May 5, 2020 on 180 medical residents in training. We sent the survey via a google form link. We used a self-administered anonymous questionnaire containing sociodemographic and clinical data of young doctors. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) criteria were used to assess Binge-Eating Disorder.

Results

Among 180 young doctors who enrolled the survey, 70,2% were female, 16% were married. The mean age was 29 years. 51,1% were frontline caregivers, working directly in diagnosing, treating or caring for patients with coronavirus disease. Among our participants, 5% presented anxiety disorder, another 5 % presented depression disorder and 1,7% had eating disorder. Binge eating disorder were present among 8,9 % of participants and it was associated to personal history of eating disorder (7,7% vs 1,1%, p<10-3), past history of depression disorder (7,2% vs 3,3%, p=0.008), exposure to media or news about coronavirus outbreak (0.5% vs 8,3%, p=0.04).

Conclusions

Our study indicated the evolving proportion of binge eating disorder among young doctors. Screening eating disorder is important in order to prevent related physical health problems.

Keywords

young doctorsbinge eating disorderCOVID19mental health
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S285 - S286
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