Psychiatrists' attitudes towards autonomy, best interests and compulsory treatment in anorexia nervosa: a questionnaire survey

Table 6 Multiple linear regression analysis results.

		Factor score, mean (SD)
Respondent Category	N	Factor 1		Factor 2		Factor 3
Gender
Male	357	7.63	(1.07)	6.40	(1.33)	5.34	(1.57)
Female	328	7.76	(0.89)	6.48	(1.24)	5.06	(1.41)
p-value		0.09		0.72		0.01
Duration of practice
More than 10 years	440	7.64	(1.04)	6.48	(1.34)	5.13	(1.50)
Up to 10 years	245	7.79	(0.89)	6.36	(1.20)	5.34	(1.50)
p-value		0.09		0.34		0.07
Child and adolescent psychiatrist
Child and adolescent psychiatrist	209	7.63	(0.92)	6.71	(1.23)	5.03	(1.43)
Non-child and adolescent psychiatrist	477	7.72	(1.01)	6.32	(1.30)	5.27	(1.52)
p-value		0.16		< 0.001		0.12
Eating disorder specialist
Eating disorder	108	7.93	(0.84)	6.49	(1.50)	4.85	(1.63)
Non-eating disorder	578	7.65	(1.01)	6.42	(1.25)	5.27	(1.47)
p-value		0.01		0.36		0.003
EDSIG membership
Member	245	7.74	(0.98)	6.36	(1.34)	5.21	(1.46)
Non-member	441	7.67	(1.00)	6.47	(1.26)	5.20	(1.52)
p-value		0.51		0.14		0.20

Factor scale scores (on a scale of 0 to 10) by respondent category and the p-value after adjusting for all other respondent categories in a multiple linear regression model. Significant differences are indicated in bold.