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