scholarly journals Eating Disorder Awareness Campaigns: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter

10.2196/17626 ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. e17626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iranzu Viguria ◽  
Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Maria Llavero-Valero ◽  
Angel Asunsolo del Barco ◽  
Felipe Ortuño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Weight Watchers

Background Health awareness initiatives are frequent but their efficacy is a matter of controversy. We have investigated the effect of the Eating Disorder Awareness Week and Wake Up Weight Watchers campaigns on Twitter. Objective We aimed to examine whether the Eating Disorder Awareness Week and Wake Up Weight Watchers initiatives increased the volume and dissemination of Twitter conversations related to eating disorders and investigate what content generates the most interest on Twitter. Methods Over a period of 12 consecutive days in 2018, we collected tweets containing the hashtag #wakeupweightwatchers and hashtags related to Eating Disorder Awareness Week (#eatingdisorderawarenessweek, #eatingdisorderawareness, or #EDAW), with the hashtag #eatingdisorder as a control. The content of each tweet was rated as medical, testimony, help offer, awareness, pro-ana, or anti-ana. We analyzed the number of retweets and favorites generated, as well as the potential reach and impact of the hashtags and the characteristics of contributors. Results The number of #wakeupweightwatchers tweets was higher than that of Eating Disorder Awareness Week and #eatingdisorder tweets (3900, 2056, and 1057, respectively). The content of tweets was significantly different between the hashtags analyzed (P<.001). Medical content was lower in the awareness campaigns. Awareness and help offer content were lower in #wakeupweightwatchers tweets. Retweet and favorite ratios were highest in #wakeupweightwatchers tweets. Eating Disorder Awareness Week achieved the highest impact, and very influential contributors participated. Conclusions Both awareness campaigns effectively promoted tweeting about eating disorders. The majority of tweets did not promote any specific preventive or help-seeking behaviors.

scholarly journals Eating Disorder Awareness Campaigns: Thematic and Quantitative Analysis Using Twitter (Preprint)

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iranzu Viguria ◽  
Miguel Angel Alvarez-Mon ◽  
Maria Llavero-Valero ◽  
Angel Asunsolo del Barco ◽  
Felipe Ortuño ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Quantitative Analysis ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Health Awareness ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
Awareness Campaigns ◽  
Weight Watchers

BACKGROUND Health awareness initiatives are frequent but their efficacy is a matter of controversy. We have investigated the effect of the Eating Disorder Awareness Week and Wake Up Weight Watchers campaigns on Twitter. OBJECTIVE We aimed to examine whether the Eating Disorder Awareness Week and Wake Up Weight Watchers initiatives increased the volume and dissemination of Twitter conversations related to eating disorders and investigate what content generates the most interest on Twitter. METHODS Over a period of 12 consecutive days in 2018, we collected tweets containing the hashtag #wakeupweightwatchers and hashtags related to Eating Disorder Awareness Week (#eatingdisorderawarenessweek, #eatingdisorderawareness, or #EDAW), with the hashtag #eatingdisorder as a control. The content of each tweet was rated as medical, testimony, help offer, awareness, pro-ana, or anti-ana. We analyzed the number of retweets and favorites generated, as well as the potential reach and impact of the hashtags and the characteristics of contributors. RESULTS The number of #wakeupweightwatchers tweets was higher than that of Eating Disorder Awareness Week and #eatingdisorder tweets (3900, 2056, and 1057, respectively). The content of tweets was significantly different between the hashtags analyzed (<i>P</i>&lt;.001). Medical content was lower in the awareness campaigns. Awareness and help offer content were lower in #wakeupweightwatchers tweets. Retweet and favorite ratios were highest in #wakeupweightwatchers tweets. Eating Disorder Awareness Week achieved the highest impact, and very influential contributors participated. CONCLUSIONS Both awareness campaigns effectively promoted tweeting about eating disorders. The majority of tweets did not promote any specific preventive or help-seeking behaviors.

Help-Seeking Behaviors and Eating Disorders in College Students

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Tillman ◽  
Nichole Mueller ◽  
Madeline J. Kimlin ◽  
Abigail Kurtz
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors

Eating Disorder Help-Seeking Behaviors Inventory--Self Version

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Tillman ◽  
Darcie M. Sell ◽  
Lindsay A. Yates ◽  
Nichole Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors

scholarly journals The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on help-seeking behaviors in individuals suffering from eating disorders and their caregivers

2020 ◽  
Vol 67 ◽  
pp. 136-140
Author(s):  
Candice Richardson ◽  
Megan Patton ◽  
Suzanne Phillips ◽  
Georgios Paslakis
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals One year in: The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on help-seeking behaviors among youth experiencing eating disorders and their caregivers

2021 ◽  
pp. 114263
Author(s):  
Candice Richardson ◽  
Suzanne Phillips ◽  
Georgios Paslakis
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors ◽  
One Year ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Stigmatising views towards individuals with eating disorders: trends and associations from 1998 to 2008 using a repeated cross-sectional design

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Jennifer Guy ◽  
Helen Bould ◽  
Glyn Lewis ◽  
Francesca Solmi
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Alcohol Dependence ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Mental Illnesses ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Cross Sectional Design ◽  
Over Time

Background Eating disorders are stigmatised. Little is known about whether stigma has decreased over time and which groups hold more stigmatising beliefs. Aims To explore whether stigma towards eating disorders has changed between 1998 and 2008 and whether it varies by sociodemographic characteristics. Method We used the Office for National Statistics Omnibus surveys 1998 and 2008. As outcomes, we selected four questions eliciting participants’ views on issues of blame and ability to recover, and compared their mean scores across eating disorders, depression and alcohol dependence in both years. We used multivariable linear regressions to investigate associations between sociodemographic characteristics and each stigma domain. Results In total, 2720 participants had data on all variables of interest. Compared with 1998, in 2008 stigmatising views towards eating disorders improved. In both years, participants believed it was easier to recover from eating disorders than depression or alcohol dependence. Respondents believed people with eating disorders were more to blame for their condition than those with depression, but less than those with alcohol dependence. Men, those with less formal education, and those from ethnic minority backgrounds were more likely to place greater blame on individuals for their mental illness. Men were more likely than women to think it was possible to recover from an eating disorder. Conclusions Stigmatising attitudes towards people with eating disorders have improved over time, but are still greater than those observed for other mental illnesses. Improving eating disorder mental health literacy could help to reduce these negative views and lead to improved quality of life, greater help-seeking and better prognosis.

scholarly journals Eating Disorders among College Students in France: Characteristics, Help-and Care-Seeking

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (16) ◽  
pp. 5914 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marie-Pierre Tavolacci ◽  
Pierre Déchelotte ◽  
Joel Ladner
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
General Practitioner ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Restrictive Eating ◽  
The University

The aim of this paper was to identify the characteristics of broader categories of eating disorders (ED) and help- and care-seeking among college students. An online cross-sectional study was conducted among students of the University of Rouen-Normandy, France. The Expali-validated algorithmic tool, combining SCOFF test (Sick, Control, One stone, Fat, Food) and body mass index, was used to screen eating disorders into three diagnostic categories: restrictive eating disorders, bulimic eating disorders, and hyperphagic eating disorders. A total of 1493 college students were included; mean age was 20.1 years (SD = 1.9). The prevalence of likely cases of eating disorder was 24.8% (95% CI, 22.6–27.0). Percentage distributions of bulimic eating disorders, hyperphagic eating disorders, and restrictive eating disorders were 13.3%, 8.6%, and 2.9%, respectively. The two main resources for help-seeking in emotional stress situations were friends and family, whatever the ED. Students with eating disorders consulted their general practitioner more often for stress or anxiety than students without eating disorders: hyperphagic eating disorders (44.9%), restrictive eating disorders (35.1%), bulimic eating disorders (30.2%), and no eating disorder (20.4%) (p < 0.0001). The prevalence of healthcare renunciation was 21.9%, with a higher risk among students with bulimic eating disorders (AOR CI 95% 1.91 (1.34–2.72). The findings show one quarter of students screened positive for an eating disorder. Stress management was not necessarily different between students with eating disorders and students without eating disorders, but the former had a greater risk of renouncing treatment, especially related to a fear of seeing a general practitioner.

scholarly journals Current eating disorder healthcare services – the perspectives and experiences of individuals with eating disorders, their families and health professionals: systematic review and thematic synthesis

BJPsych Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gemma Johns ◽  
Bridget Taylor ◽  
Ann John ◽  
Jacinta Tan
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Health Professionals ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Healthcare Services ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Inclusion Criteria ◽  
Specialist Care ◽  
Internet Resources ◽  
Quantitative Studies

Background Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of mental disorders and a high incidence of morbidity, but if diagnosed and treated promptly individuals can benefit from full recovery. However, there are numerous problems at the healthcare interface (i.e. primary and secondary care) for eating disorders. It is important to examine these to facilitate appropriate, seamless treatment and improve access to specialist care. Aims To examine the current literature on the experiences and perspectives of those across healthcare interfaces for eating disorders, to include individuals with eating disorders, people close to or caring for those with eating disorders such as family and friends, and health professionals. Method To identify relevant papers, a systematic search of electronic databases was conducted. Other methods, including hand-searching, scanning reference lists and internet resources were also used. Papers that met inclusion criteria were analysed using a systematic methodology and synthesised using an interpretative thematic approach. Results Sixty-three papers met the inclusion criteria. The methodological quality was relatively good. The included papers were of both qualitative (n = 44) and quantitative studies (n = 24) and were from ten different countries. By synthesising the literature of these papers, three dominant themes were identified, with additional subthemes. These included: ‘the help-seeking process at primary care’; ‘expectations of care and appropriate referrals’ and ‘opposition and collaboration in the treatment of and recovery from eating disorders’. Conclusions This review identifies both facilitators and barriers in eating disorder healthcare, from the perspectives of those experiencing the interface first hand. The review provides recommendations for future research and practice. Declaration of interest None.

Eating Disorder Help-Seeking Behaviors Inventory—Friend Version

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathleen S. Tillman ◽  
Darcie M. Sell ◽  
Lindsay A. Yates ◽  
Nichole Mueller
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Help Seeking Behaviors

Internal Structure of the Spanish Adaptation of the Eating Disorder Inventory-3

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-31 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Elosua ◽  
Alicia López-Jáuregui
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorders ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Internal Structure ◽  
Internal Consistency ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Temporal Stability ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Order Structure ◽  
Eating Disorder Inventory ◽  
High Internal Consistency

In this study the Eating Disorder Inventory-3 was adapted to Spanish and analyzed the internal psychometric properties of the test in a clinical sample of females with eating disorders. The results showed a high internal consistency of the scores as well as high temporal stability. The factor structure of the scale composites was analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis. The results supported the existence of a second-order structure beyond the psychological composites. The second-order factor showed high correlation with the factor related to eating disorders. Overall, the Spanish version of the EDI-3 showed good psychometric qualities in terms of internal consistency, temporal stability and internal structure.

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