Nutrition Counselling Practices among General Practitioners in Croatia
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Measures
2.3. Data Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Participant Characteristics | Number of Participants (%) | p * | ||
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Counselling without Barriers | Counselling with Barriers | Overall | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 2 (8.7) | 9 (15.0) | 11 (13.3) | 0.507 * |
Female | 21 (91.3) | 51 (85.0) | 72 (86.7) | |
Education | ||||
Doctors with a license for independent practice without a finished specialization | 7 (30.4) | 19 (31.7) | 26 (31.3) | 1.000 # |
Specialist in family medicine | 16 (69.6) | 41 (68.3) | 57 (68.7) | |
Length of Service (Years) | ||||
0–14 | 5 (21.7) | 19 (31.7) | 24 (28.9) | 0.429 # |
15 or more | 18 (78.3) | 41 (68.3) | 59 (71.1) | |
Additional education about nutrition | ||||
Yes | 5 (21.7) | 17 (28.3) | 22 (26.5) | 0.593 # |
No | 18 (78.3) | 43 (71.7) | 61 (73.5) | |
Ailment from Chronic Diseases | ||||
Yes | 4 (17.4) | 17 (28.3) | 21 (25.3) | 0.403 # |
No | 19 (82.6) | 43 (71.7) | 62 (74.7) | |
Overall | 23 (100) | 60 (100) | 83 (100) |
Participant Characteristics | Number of Participants (%) | p * | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Counselling with at Risk Patients without Barriers | Counselling a with at Risk Patients with Barriers | Overall | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 1 (10.0) | 68 (20.5) | 69 (20.2) | 0.488 |
Female | 9 (90.0) | 264 (79.5) | 273 (79.8) | |
Education | ||||
Doctors with a license for independent practice without a finished specialization | 3 (30.0) | 107 (32.2) | 110 (32.2) | 1.000 |
Specialist in family medicine | 7 (70.0) | 225 (67.8) | 232 (67.8) | |
Length of Service (Years) | ||||
0–14 | 1 (10.0) | 123 (37.0) | 124 (36.3) | 0.101 |
15 or more | 9 (90.0) | 209 (63.0) | 218 (63.7) | |
Additional Education about Nutrition | ||||
Yes | 2 (20.0) | 18 (5.4) | 20 (5.8) | 0.110 |
No | 8 (80.0) | 314 (94.6) | 322 (94.2) | |
Ailment from Chronic Diseases | ||||
Yes | 2 (20.0) | 111 (33.4) | 113 (33.0) | 0.507 |
No | 8 (80.0) | 221 (66.6) | 229 (67.0) | |
Overall | 10 (100) | 332 (100) | 342 (100) |
Participant Characteristics | Number of Participants (%) | p # | ||
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Personal Interest Related to Nutrition and the Effect of Nutrition on Health | Acquired Additional Education in the Field of Nutritional Science | Overall | ||
Gender | ||||
Male | 31 (12.6) | 52 (26.4) | 83 (18.7) | <0.001 |
Female | 216 (87.4) | 145 (73.6) | 361 (81.3) | |
Education | ||||
Doctors with a license for independent practice without a finished specialization | 83 (33.6) | 62 (31.5) | 145 (32.7) | 0.684 |
Specialist in family medicine | 164 (66.4) | 135 (68.5) | 299 (67.3) | |
Length of Service (Years) | ||||
0–14 | 91 (36.8) | 64 (32.5) | 155 (34.9) | 0.368 |
15 or more | 156 (63.2) | 133 (67.6) | 289 (65.1) | |
Additional Nutrition Education | ||||
Yes | 27 (10.9) | 15 (7.6) | 42 (9.5) | 0.257 |
No | 220 (89.1) | 182 (92.4) | 402 (90.5) | |
Ailment from Chronic Diseases | ||||
Yes | 58 (23.5) | 78 (39.6) | 136 (30.6) | <0.001 |
No | 189 (76.5) | 119 (60.4) | 308 (69.4) | |
Overall | 247 (100) | 197 (100) | 444 (100) |
Participant Characteristics | Number of Participants (%) | p | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
No Barriers | Lack of Time | Other Barriers | Overall | ||
Gender | |||||
Male | 3 (8.1) | 62 (18.7) | 18 (24.0) | 83 (18.7) | 0.119 # |
Female | 34 (91.9) | 270 (81.3) | 57 (76.0) | 361 (81.3) | |
Education | |||||
Doctors with a license for independent practice without a finished specialization | 12 (32.4) | 98 (29.5) | 35 (46.7) | 145 (32.7) | 0.017 # |
Specialist in family medicine | 25 (67.6) | 234 (70.5) | 40 (53.3) | 299 (67.3) | |
Length of Service (Years) | |||||
0–14 | 6 (16.2) | 121 (36.4) | 28 (37.3) | 155 (34.9) | 0.045 # |
15 or more | 31 (83.8) | 211 (63.6) | 47 (62.7) | 289 (65.1) | |
Additional Nutrition Education | |||||
Yes | 7 (18.9) | 21 (6.3) | 14 (18.7) | 42 (9.5) | 0.001 * |
No | 30 (81.1) | 311 (93.7) | 61 (81.3) | 402 (90.5) | |
Ailment from Chronic Diseases | |||||
Yes | 7 (18.9) | 112 (33.7) | 17 (22.7) | 136 (30.6) | 0.049 # |
No | 30 (81.1) | 220 (66.3) | 58 (77.3) | 308 (69.4) | |
Overall | 37 (100) | 332 (100) | 75 (100) | 444 (100) |
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Dumic, A.; Miskulin, I.; Matic Licanin, M.; Mujkic, A.; Cacic Kenjeric, D.; Miskulin, M. Nutrition Counselling Practices among General Practitioners in Croatia. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2017, 14, 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121499
Dumic A, Miskulin I, Matic Licanin M, Mujkic A, Cacic Kenjeric D, Miskulin M. Nutrition Counselling Practices among General Practitioners in Croatia. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017; 14(12):1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121499
Chicago/Turabian StyleDumic, Albina, Ivan Miskulin, Matea Matic Licanin, Aida Mujkic, Daniela Cacic Kenjeric, and Maja Miskulin. 2017. "Nutrition Counselling Practices among General Practitioners in Croatia" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 14, no. 12: 1499. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph14121499