Table 2.
Changes in dietary habits during the lockdown.
| Patients without a Psychiatric Diagnosis (n = 63) n (%) |
Patients with a Psychiatric Diagnosis (n = 47) n (%) |
p | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Increased compulsive binge eating | I have never practiced compulsive binge eating | 9 (14.3%) | 5 (10.6%) | 0.276 |
| Not at all | 29 (46%) | 17 (36.2%) | ||
| Rarely | 16 (25.4%) | 11 (23.4%) | ||
| Often | 7 (11.1%) | 13 (27.7%) | ||
| Very often | 2 (3.2%) | 1 (2.1%) | ||
| Increased food intake at meals | Not at all | 25 (39.7%) | 14 (29.8%) | 0.553 |
| Rarely | 28 (44.4%) | 22 (46.8%) | ||
| Often | 8 (12.7%) | 10 (21.3%) | ||
| Very often | 2 (3.2%) | 1 (2.1%) | ||
| Increased food intake between meals | I have never eaten between meals | 7 (11.1%) | 2 (4.3%) | 0.297 |
| Less frequent | 11 (17.5%) | 7 (14.9%) | ||
| Equal | 22 (34.9%) | 12 (25.5%) | ||
| More frequent | 20 (31.7%) | 21 (44.7%) | ||
| Much more frequent | 3 (4.8%) | 5 (10.6%) | ||
| Increased intake of snacks and junk food | I have never eaten snacks or junk food | 13 (20.6%) | 7 (14.9%) | 0.373 |
| Less frequent | 15 (23.8%) | 10 (21.3%) | ||
| Equal | 18 (28.6%) | 11 (23.4%) | ||
| More frequent | 17 (27%) | 17 (36.2%) | ||
| Much more frequent | 0 | 2 (4.3%) | ||
| Increased night eating episodes | I have never got up at night to eat | 12 (19%) | 5 (10.6%) | 0.085 |
| Less frequent | 11 (17.5%) | 17 (36.2%) | ||
| Equal | 2 (3.2%) | 0 | ||
| More frequent | 0 | 1 (2.1%) | ||
| Much more frequent | 38 (60.3%) | 24 (51.1%) |