Factor relationship analysis
| Parameter | Practical nutrition course | |||||||||||
| Whole sample | Χ² | P value | International students | Χ² | P value | Home-country students | Χ² | P value | ||||
| Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | |||||||
| Adequacy of current nutrition knowledge | ||||||||||||
| Yes | 25 | 16 | 12.807 | 0.002 | 14 (32.60) | 9 (13.40) | 5.793 | 0.055 | 11 (39.30) | 7 (13.50) | 7.599 | 0.022 |
| No | 27 | 66 | 16 (37.20) | 32 (47.80) | 11 (39.30) | 34 (65.40) | ||||||
| Not sure | 19 | 37 | 13 (30.20) | 26 (38.80) | 6 (21.40) | 11 (21.20) | ||||||
| Confidence to offer nutrition guidance | ||||||||||||
| Not confident at all | 6 | 8 | 16.556 | 0.002 | 5 (11.60) | 5 (7.50) | 3.914 | 0.418 | 1 (3.60) | 3 (5.80) | 17.505 | 0.002 |
| Not very confident | 11 | 30 | 9 (20.90) | 20 (29.90) | 2 (7.10) | 10 (19.20) | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 30 | 68 | 17 (39.50) | 32 (47.80) | 13 (46.40) | 36 (69.20) | ||||||
| Very confident | 20 | 12 | 11 (25.60) | 9 (13.40) | 9 (32.10) | 3 (5.80) | ||||||
| Extremely confident | 4 | 1 | 1 (2.30) | 1 (1.50) | 3 (10.70) | 0 (0.00) | ||||||
| Frequency of being asked questions | ||||||||||||
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Adequacy of current nutrition knowledge
Yes | Very often/often | Rare/never | Very often/often | Rare/never | Very often/often | Rare/never | ||||||
| 27 (25.50) | 14 (16.70) | 2.987 | 0.225 | 16 (27.10) | 7 (13.70) | 3.935 | 0.140 | 11 (23.40) | 7 (21.20) | 0.059 | 0.971 | |
| No | 52 (49.10) | 41 (48.80) | 26 (44.10) | 22 (43.10) | 26 (55.30) | 19 (57.60) | ||||||
| Not sure | 27 (25.50) | 29 (34.50) | 17 (28.80) | 22 (43.10) | 10 (21.30) | 7 (21.20) | ||||||
| Confidence to offer nutrition guidance | ||||||||||||
| Not confident at all | 3 (2.80) | 11 (13.10) | 15.915 | 0.003 | 3 (5.10) | 7 (13.70) | 8.116 | 0.087 | 0 (0.00) | 4 (12.10) | 9.494 | 0.050 |
| Not very confident | 21 (19.80) | 20 (23.80) | 15 (25.40) | 14 (27.50) | 6 (12.80) | 6 (18.20) | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 53 (50.00) | 45 (53.60) | 24 (40.70) | 25 (49.00) | 29 (61.70) | 20 (60.60) | ||||||
| Very confident | 24 (22.60) | 8 (9.50) | 15 (25.40) | 5 (9.80) | 9 (19.10) | 3 (9.50) | ||||||
| Extremely confident | 5 (4.70) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (3.40) | 0 (0.00) | 3 (6.40) | 0 (0.00) | ||||||
| Teaching time | ||||||||||||
| Adequacy of current nutrition knowledge | 0–4 hours | Above 5 hours | 0–4 hours | Above 5 hours | 0–4 hours | Above 5 hours | ||||||
| Yes | 16 (14.00) | 25 (32.90) | 16.897 | <0.001 | 7 (10.10) | 16 (39.00) | 17.537 | <0.001 | 9 (20.90) | 9 (25.70) | 5.303 | 0.071 |
| No | 69 (60.50) | 24 (31.60) | 39 (56.50) | 9 (22.00) | 30 (66.70) | 15 (42.90) | ||||||
| Not sure | 29 (25.40) | 27 (35.50) | 23 (33.30) | 16 (39.00) | 6 (13.30) | 11 (31.40) | ||||||
| Confidence to offer nutrition guidance | ||||||||||||
| Not confident at all | 10 (8.80) | 4 (5.30) | 3.291 | 0.510 | 8 (11.60) | 2 (4.90) | 5.683 | 0.224 | 2 (4.40) | 2 (5.70) | 0.948 | 0.918 |
| Not very confident | 28 (24.60) | 13 (17.10) | 20 (29.00) | 9 (22.00) | 8 (17.80) | 4 (11.40) | ||||||
| Somewhat confident | 49.10) | 42 (55.30) | 30 (43.50) | 19 (46.30) | 26 (57.80) | 23 (65.7) | ||||||
| Very confident | 18 (15.80) | 14 (18.40) | 11 (15.90) | 9 (22.00) | 7 (15.60) | 5 (14.30) | ||||||
| Extremely confident | 2 (1.80) | 3 (3.90) | 0 (0.00) | 2 (4.90) | 2 (4.40) | 1 (2.90) | ||||||
Bold values indicate significantly different compared to the international students' group at P <0.05.