Table 4.
Characteristics of the study group, taking into account the number of points obtained in the My Eating Habits Questionnaire and the occurrence of Type A/B personality.
| Variables | Study group of physicians (823; 100%) personality | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type A (n = 349; 42.41%) | Intermediate type (n = 277; 33.66%) | Type B (n = 197; 23.94%) | |||||||||||||
| M | SD | Me | Q1 | Q3 | M | SD | Me | Q1 | Q3 | M | SD | Me | Q1 | Q3 | |
| Habitual overeating | 3.26 | 2.58 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 5.0 | 2.81 | 2.34 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.36 | 2.12 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
|
H = 15,645; p < 0.001 Post-hoc test: A: B – p < 0.001 | |||||||||||||||
| Emotional overeating | 4.34 | 2.42 | 4.00 | 2.00 | 6.0 | 3.64 | 2.39 | 3.00 | 2.00 | 5.00 | 3.08 | 2.33 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 5.00 |
|
H = 38.774; p < 0.001 Post-hoc test: A: A/B – p < 0.001; A: B – p < 0.001; A/B: B – p = 0.03 | |||||||||||||||
| Dietary restrictions | 3.26 | 2.33 | 3.00 | 1.00 | 5.0 | 2.78 | 2.30 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 | 2.79 | 2.18 | 2.00 | 1.00 | 4.00 |
|
H = 9.514; p < 0.01 Post-hoc test: A: B – p < 0.01 | |||||||||||||||
| Sum of points | 10.9 | 5.74 | 10.0 | 6.00 | 15. | 9.22 | 5.71 | 8.00 | 5.00 | 13.00 | 8.23 | 5.35 | 8.00 | 4.00 | 12.0 |
|
H = 30.584; p < 0.001 Test post-hoc: A: A/B – p < 0.001; A: B – p < 0.001 | |||||||||||||||
M, mean; SD, standard deviation; H, Kruskal-Wallis test value; p, level of statistical significance; A, respondents with Type A personality; A/B, respondents with intermediate personality type; B, respondents with type B personality.