Table 6.
Barriers reported by students regarding pulse consumption at baseline and study end.
| Item | Baseline (n=41), n (%) | Study end (n=32), n (%) | P valuea | |||||
| “Pulse-based dishes upset my stomach, so I choose not to eat them” | .40 | |||||||
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Disagreeb | 38 (93) | 31 (97) |
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Agreec | 3 (7) | 1 (3) |
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| “I do not like the taste of pulse-based dishes” | .97 | |||||||
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Disagree | 38 (93) | 28 (88) |
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Agree | 3 (7) | 4 (12) |
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| “I do not eat pulse-based dishes because they take too much time to eat” | .33 | |||||||
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Disagree | 41 (100) | 32 (100) |
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Agree | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
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| “I do not eat pulse-based dishes because I want to eat something else” | .68 | |||||||
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Disagree | 31 (76) | 25 (78) |
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Agree | 10 (24) | 7 (22) |
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| “I am still hungry even after having pulse-based dishes, so I chose not to eat pulses” | .40 | |||||||
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Disagree | 38 (93) | 30 (94) |
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Agree | 3 (7) | 2 (6) |
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| “I do not eat pulses because my parents do not eat them” | .76 | |||||||
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Disagree | 35 (85) | 30 (94) |
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Agree | 6 (15) | 2 (6) |
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| “I do not eat pulses because my parents do not cook them” | .49 | |||||||
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Disagree | 29 (71) | 24 (75) |
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Agree | 12 (29) | 8 (25) |
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| “I do not eat pulse-based dishes because it makes my hands greasy” | .46 | |||||||
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Disagree | 41 (100) | 30 (94) |
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Agree | 0 (0) | 2 (6) |
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aMann-Whitney U test; P<.05 was considered significant.
b“Strongly disagree,” “disagree,” and “not sure” were grouped as “disagree.”
c“Agree” and “strongly agree” were grouped as “agree.”