Providing Nutrition Care to Patients with Chronic Disease: An Irish Teaching Hospital Healthcare Professional Study

Table 2

Comparison of self-reported nutrition care competence between GP/GP trainees; doctor/med students; nurse/nurse students, and allied health professionals.

Category	Profession	n	Mean	SD	F	P
Knowledge (maximum =35)	GP/GP trainee	15	18.3	3.5	2.36	0.072
	Doctor/med student	61	20.5	4.7
	Nurse/nurse student	106	19.6	4.6
	Allied	14	17.1	6.7
Skills (maximum =55)	GP/GP trainee	15	30.3	6.6	3.085	0.029
	Doctor/med student	59	30.4	7.0
	Nurse/nurse student	103	30.7	7.6
	Allied	14	24.2	10.2
Attitude (maximum =40)	GP/GP trainee	14	34	3.3	3.847	0.011
	Doctor/med student	59	34.3	4.9
	Nurse/nurse student	106	35.9	3.7
	Allied	12	32.8	4.9