Research Article
General and Postbariatric Nutritional Knowledge among Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery
Table 3
Bariatric patients’ EABS score for postbariatric nutritional knowledge (n = 112).
| No | Questions (max possible score) | Mean | SD | Min | Max |
| 1 | Knowledge about the liquid diet (6) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | Knowledge about the pureed diet phase (4) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | Knowledge about the soft diet phase (5) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | Knowledge about the high protein diet (9) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | Knowledge about vitamins and minerals (3) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 6 | Knowledge about the signs of dumping syndrome (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | Knowledge about the maximum amount of food that should be eaten at one meal after healing (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | Knowledge about maximum amount of time that one should go without eating after weight loss surgery (5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 9 | Knowledge about the recommended amount of fluid that should be drunk after healing (5) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 10 | Knowledge about the amount of protein that should be eaten after weight loss surgery (5) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | Knowledge about preventing nausea and vomiting (20) | 2 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 12 | Knowledge about preventing dumping syndrome (15) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 15 | | Total questions (81) | 16 | 8 | 3 | 39 |
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