Basic characteristics of participants
| Variables | Whole sample (n=190) | International students (n=110) | Home-country students (n=80) | P value | Ghana (n=40) | P value | India (n=20) | P value | Montenegro (n=20) | P value | ||||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||
| Age, years (mean/SD) | 23.6 | 4.8 | 23.4 | 5.4 | 24.0 | 3.6 | 0.394 | 25.4 | 3.4 | 0.032 | 24.6 | 3.2 | 0.330 | 20.6 | 1.6 | 0.026 |
| Year of study (n/%) | ||||||||||||||||
| First year | 39 | 20.5 | 30 | 27.2 | 9 | 11.3 | 0.003 | 0 | 0.0 | <0.001 | 2 | 10.0 | 0.033 | 7 | 35.0 | 0.045 |
| Second year | 22 | 11.6 | 14 | 11.7 | 8 | 10.0 | 2 | 5.0 | 1 | 5.0 | 5 | 25.0 | ||||
| Third year | 23 | 12.1 | 14 | 11.7 | 9 | 11.3 | 4 | 10.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 3 | 15.0 | ||||
| Fourth year | 18 | 9.5 | 11 | 9.7 | 7 | 8.8 | 2 | 5.0 | 3 | 15.0 | 2 | 10.0 | ||||
| Fifth year and above | 88 | 46.3 | 41 | 39.8 | 47 | 58.8 | 32 | 80.0 | 12 | 60.0 | 3 | 15.0 | ||||
| Practical nutrition lesson | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 71 | 37.4 | 43 | 39.1 | 28 | 35.0 | 0.567 | 12 | 30.0 | 0.310 | 10 | 50.0 | 0.356 | 6 | 30.0 | 0.444 |
| Adequacy of nutrition education | ||||||||||||||||
| Yes | 41 | 21.6 | 23 | 20.9 | 18 | 22.5 | 0.131 | 7 | 17.5 | 0.360 | 7 | 35.0 | 0.055 | 4 | 20.0 | 0.800 |
| Nationality (n/%) | ||||||||||||||||
| Ghana | 30 | 27.3 | ||||||||||||||
| India | 33 | 30.0 | ||||||||||||||
| Zimbabwe | 7 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Zambia | 7 | 6.4 | ||||||||||||||
| Lesotho | 6 | 5.5 | ||||||||||||||
| Others | 27 | 24.5 | ||||||||||||||
P: significance level as compared with the international students group using an independent samples t-test. Practical nutrition lesson: lessons involving the use of illustrations to convey nutrition concepts.
Bold values indicate significantly different compared to the international students' group at P <0.05.