Relationship between emotional appetite, eating attitudes, sleep quality, and body mass index in healthcare workers: a multi-centre study

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic information of the participants.

Variables	n	%
Female	323	60.4
Male	212	39.6
Total	535	100.0
Marital status
Married	269	50.3
Single	266	49.7
Occupation
Doctor	71	13.3
Nurse	118	22.1
Allied healthcare personnel	131	24.5
Administrative personnel	91	17,0
Other healthcare personnel	124	23.2
BMI
Underweight	15	2.8
Normal	207	38.7
Overweight	236	44.1
Obese	77	14.4
Total	535	100.0

Table 2. Distribution of BMI values based on the occupations of the participants.

			Occupation
			Doctor	Nurse	Allied healthcare personnel	Administrative personnel	Other healthcare personnel
BMI	Underweight	n	3	8	1	2	1
		%	20.0	53.3	6.7	13.3	6.7
	Normal	n	24	58	48	23	54
		%	11.6	28.0	23.2	11.1	26.1
	Overweight	n	33	44	58	39	62
		%	14.0	18.6	24.6	16.5	26.3
	Obese	n	5	19	20	11	22
		%	6.5	24.7	26.0	14.3	28.6
Total		n	71	118	124	91	131
		%	13.3	22.1	23.2	17.0	24.5
		Pearson Chi-squared			41.288
		P			0.000*

Table 3. Comparison of sleep quality (categorical) based on the occupations of the participants.

		Sleep quality
		Good sleep quality	Bad sleep quality
Personnel
Nurse	n	24	94
	%	20.3	79.7
Other healthcare personnel	n	15	56
	%	21.1	78.9
Allied healthcare personnel	n	23	68
	%	25.3	74.7
Doctor	n	40	91
	%	30.5	69.5
Administrative personnel	n	46	78
	%	37.1	62.9
Total	n	148	387
	%	27.7	72.3
Pearson Chi-squared		Value	P
		10.993	0.027

Table 4. Comparison of emotional appetite statuses based on BMI.

Emotional status	BMI	Mean	SD	F	P
Negative emotion	Underweight	5.67	1.56	84.444	0.000
	Normal	5.86	1.39
	Overweight	7.56	1.28
	Obese	7.99	1.17
Negative situation	Underweight	5.38	1.73	23.746	0.000
	Normal	5.51	1.62
	Overweight	7.59	1.32
	Obese	7.53	1.33
Positive emotion	Underweight	4.55	1.75	1.068	0.362
	Normal	4.86	1.86
	Overweight	4.75	1.87
	Obese	5.16	1.88
Positive situation	Underweight	5.22	1.85	2.702	0.066
	Normal	5.12	1.78
	Overweight	4.73	1.62
	Obese	5.21	1.68
Total negative emotional appetite	Underweight	5.68	1.39	76.241	0.000
	Normal	5.88	1.22
	Overweight	7.58	0.98
	Obese	7.76	0.98
Total positive emotional appetite	Underweight	4.88	1.41	2.215	0.085
	Normal	4.99	1.47
	Overweight	4.74	1.43
	Obese	5.18	1.46
Total emotional appetite	Underweight	5.45	0.95	27.339	0.000
	Normal	5.59	0.88
	Overweight	6.16	0.86
	Obese	6.47	0.83

Table 5. Comparison of emotional appetite statuses based on occupation.

Emotional status	Occupation	Mean	SD	F	P
Negative emotion	Doctor	5.55	1.63	3.108	0.001
	Nurse	5.65	1.66
	Allied healthcare personnel	6.98	1.64
	Administrative personnel	6.90	1.41
	Other healthcare personnel	7.05	1.58
Negative situation	Doctor	5.91	1.60	5.188	0.000
	Nurse	5.40	1.35
	Allied healthcare personnel	7.12	1.75
	Administrative personnel	6.90	1.58
	Other healthcare personnel	7.31	1.34
Positive emotion	Doctor	7.37	1.45	7.307	0.000
	Nurse	7.13	1.55
	Allied healthcare personnel	5.08	1.84
	Administrative personnel	5.30	1.55
	Other healthcare personnel	5.04	1.80
Positive situation	Doctor	4.77	2.02	3.973	0.003
	Nurse	4.12	1.91
	Allied healthcare personnel	4.84	1.87
	Administrative personnel	5.07	1.74
	Other healthcare personnel	5.52	1.65
Total negative emotional appetite	Doctor	5.03	1.80	3.973	0.003
	Nurse	4.92	1.54
	Allied healthcare personnel	6.34	1.55
	Administrative personnel	6.05	1.70
	Other healthcare personnel	7.23	1.28
Total positive emotional appetite	Doctor	5.62	1.42	11.588	0.000
	Nurse	5.01	1.36
	Allied healthcare personnel	7.14	1.12
	Administrative personnel	7.19	1.21
	Other healthcare personnel	7.02	1.30
Total emotional appetite	Doctor	5.08	1.54	3.266	0.012
	Nurse	5.41	1.39
	Allied healthcare personnel	4.03	1.38
	Administrative personnel	6.85	1.40
	Other healthcare personnel	7.23	1.33

Table 6. Comparison of sleep quality (categorical) based on BMI.

			Sleep quality
			Good sleep quality	Bad sleep quality
BMI
	Underweight	n	13	2
		%	86.7	13.3
	Normal	n	140	67
		%	67.6	32.4
	Overweight	n	66	170
		%	28.0	72.0
	Obese	n	13	64
		%	16.9	83.1
	Total	n	232	303
		%	43.3	56.7
			Pearson Chi-squared	P
			8.311	0.040

Table 7. Comparison of Eating Attitudes Based on BMI.

			Eating attitude
			Normal eating attitude	Disrupted eating attitude	Total
BMI
	Underweight	n	15	0	15
		%	100.0	0	100.0
	Normal	n	182	25	207
		%	87.9	12.1	100.0
	Overweight	n	89	147	236
		%	37.7	62.3	100.0
	Obese	n	6	71	77
		%	7.8	92.2	100.0
	Total	n	292	243	535
		%	54.6	45.4	100.0
	Pearson Chi-squared			200.395
	P			0.000

Table 8. Comparison of eating attitudes based on occupation.

			Eating attitude
			Normal eating attitude	Disrupted eating attitude	Total
Healthcare personnel
	Doctor	n	37	34	71
		%	52.1	47.9	100.0
	Nurse	n	47	77	124
		%	37.9	62.1	100.0
	Allied healthcare personnel	n	39	52	91
		%	42.9	57.1	100.0
	Administrative personnel	n	63	68	131
		%	48.1	51.9	100.0
	Other healthcare personnel	n	39	79	118
		%	33.1	66.9	100.0
	Pearson Chi-squared		18.661
	P		0.001

Table 9. Relationship between sleep quality and eating attitudes.

	Eating attitudes scale (categorical)
Sleeping status		Normal eating attitude	Disrupted eating attitude	Total
Good sleep quality	n	84	64	148
	%	56.8	43.2	100.0
Bad sleep quality	n	179	208	387
	%	46.3	53.7	100.0
Total	n	243	292	535
	%	45.4	83.7	100.0
	Pearson Chi-squared		17.661
	P		0.001