title: Self-functioning traits affecting meal compliance in eating disorder patients.
abstract: The objective of this study was to measure the extent to which self-functioning traits relate to meal compliance in eating disorder patients by using multiple regression analysis. Compliance was the dependent variable. It was recorded on a meal flowsheet during breakfast, lunch and dinner and compiled for the 8 days immediately preceding each patient's discharge. The independent variables were gender, self-esteem (Rosenberg Scale) and 7 subscales of the Eating Disorder Inventory (EDI-2): drive for thinness, body dissatisfaction, ineffectiveness, perfectionism, interpersonal distrust, interoceptive awareness and maturity fears. A random sample of 30 subjects who completed the above instruments before May 1999 were included in the study. The results suggest that close to 50% of their meal compliance can be explained by variations in four explanatory variables: gender, ineffectiveness, interoceptive awareness and distrust. The adjusted r2 was 0.497 and the significance of the equation, measured by the p-value, was p = 0.0002. We conclude that multiple regression analysis is a valuable tool to identify patients' traits with the strongest effect in meal compliance.
authors.affiliation: Rogers Memorial Hospital, 34700 Valley Road, Oconomowoc, WI 53066, USA.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bean
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shiltz
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hallinan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Holbrook
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004032:Diet / Q000523:psychology*; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology*; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D020377:Self Efficacy