Parameter | International students | Home-country students | χ² | P value | Ghana | χ² | P value | India | χ² | P value | Montenegro | χ² | P value | Overall | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||||||
Adequacy of current nutrition knowledge | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 23 | 20.9 | 18 | 22.5 | 4.730 | 0.094 | 7 | 17.5 | 4.551 | 0.103 | 7 | 35.0 | 3.801 | 0.149 | 4 | 20.0 | 0.306 | 0.858 | 41 | 21.6 |
No | 48 | 43.6 | 45 | 56.3 | 25 | 62.5 | 10 | 50.0 | 10 | 50.0 | 93 | 48.9 | ||||||||
Not sure | 39 | 35.5 | 17 | 21.3 | 8 | 20.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 56 | 29.5 | ||||||||
Type of nutrition education | ||||||||||||||||||||
Elective | 21 | 19.1 | 12 | 15.0 | 43.693 | <0.001 | 6 | 15.0 | 50.800 | <0.001 | 1 | 5.0 | 13.817 | 0.003 | 5 | 25.0 | 7.235 | 0.065 | 33 | 17.4 |
Required | 37 | 33.6 | 44 | 55.0 | 20 | 50.0 | 15 | 75.0 | 9 | 45.0 | 81 | 42.6 | ||||||||
Elective/required | 2 | 1.8 | 17 | 21.3 | 14 | 35.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 19 | 10.0 | ||||||||
None | 50 | 45.5 | 7 | 8.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 57 | 30.0 | ||||||||
Teaching hours | ||||||||||||||||||||
0–2 (n/%) | 49 | 44.5 | 33 | 41.3 | 4.060 | 0.131 | 17 | 42.5 | 1.343 | 0.511 | 7 | 35.0 | 2.540 | 0.281 | 9 | 45.0 | 3.328 | 0.189 | 82 | 43.2 |
3–6 (n/%) | 40 | 36.4 | 22 | 27.5 | 12 | 30.0 | 6 | 30.0 | 4 | 20.0 | 62 | 32.6 | ||||||||
7 and above (n/%) | 21 | 19.1 | 25 | 31.3 | 11 | 21.3 | 7 | 35.0 | 7 | 35.0 | 46 | 24.2 | ||||||||
Request additional nutrition lessons | ||||||||||||||||||||
Yes | 102 | 92.7 | 74 | 92.5 | 1.762 | 0.414 | 36 | 90.0 | 1.660 | 0.436 | 20 | 100 | 1.550 | 0.461 | 18 | 90.0 | 0.945 | 0.623 | 176 | 92.6 |
No | 2 | 1.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 1.1 | ||||||||
Not sure | 6 | 5.5 | 6 | 7.5 | 4 | 10.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 12 | 6.3 |
Bold values indicate significantly different compared to the international students' group at P <0.05.