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. 2019 May 15;9(5):e027362. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-027362

Table 4.

Logistic regression predicting substance binge-eating problems

Constant Psychiatric morbidity Burnout (emotional exhaustion) Job effort Work-life balance Coping: self-blame Coping: substance use Work experience (years) Work place (hospital)*
Eating large amounts of food when not physically hungry
 B −1.831 0.344 0.127 −0.403 0.176 0.410 −0.094 −0.022 −0.040
 SE 0.935 0.290 0.142 0.275 0.124 0.156 0.208 0.011 0.271
 OR 0.160 1.410 1.136 0.669 1.193 1.507 0.910 0.978 0.961
 P value 0.050 0.236 0.370 0.143 0.156 0.009 0.652 0.052 0.883
 Model X2(8)=29.537; p<0.001; R2=0.127
Eat until feeling uncomfortably full
 B −2.229 0.064 0.132 −0.186 0.271 0.297 −0.117 −0.018 −0.342
 SE 0.972 0.294 0.144 0.278 0.131 0.159 0.214 0.012 0.275
 OR 0.108 1.066 1.141 0.831 1.311 1.346 0.890 0.982 0.710
 P value 0.022 0.828 0.359 0.504 0.038 0.062 0.585 0.121 0.212
 Model X2(8)=22.420; p=0.004; R2=0.100
Eat alone because they feel embarrassed
 B −3.111 0.233 0.213 −0.139 0.112 0.378 0.089 −0.015 −0.386
 SE 1.068 0.314 0.158 0.307 0.139 0.175 0.220 0.013 0.300
 OR 0.045 1.262 1.237 0.870 1.119 1.460 1.093 0.985 0.680
 P value 0.004 0.458 0.178 0.650 0.418 0.031 0.686 0.255 0.199
 Model X2(8)=21.890; p=0.005; R2=0.105
Feel disgusted with themselves, depressed or very guilty after overeating
 B −2.237 0.079 0.321 −0.313 0.208 0.335 0.154 −0.034 −0.791
 SE 1.036 0.310 0.155 0.299 0.138 0.172 0.218 0.013 0.298
 OR 0.107 1.082 1.378 0.731 1.231 1.398 1.166 0.966 0.453
 P value 0.031 0.799 0.038 0.295 0.132 0.052 0.481 0.009 0.008
 Model X2(8)=38.029; p<0.001; R2=0.171
Feel upset about their uncontrollable eating or weight gain
 B −2.367 −0.187 0.324 −0.234 0.206 0.337 0.021 −0.015 −0.200
 SE 0.998 0.302 0.150 0.287 0.133 0.164 0.212 0.012 0.282
 OR 0.094 0.830 1.383 0.792 1.228 1.400 1.021 0.986 0.819
 P value 0.018 0.537 0.030 0.416 0.121 0.040 0.922 0.231 0.478
 Model X2(8)=23.374; p=0.003; R2=0.106
Binge-eating
 B −1.064 −0.343 0.610 −1.678 0.250 0.473 0.220 −0.014 0.224
 SE 1.395 0.445 0.237 0.443 0.219 0.253 0.309 0.019 0.444
 OR 0.345 0.710 1.841 0.187 1.284 1.606 1.246 0.986 1.251
 P value 0.446 0.440 0.010 <0.001 0.253 0.062 0.477 0.458 0.614
 Model X2(8)=27.089; p=0.001; R2=0.163

*1=hospital (n=239); 0=other (n=175).

p<0.05 values are in bold.