Table 6.

Comparison of treating for anorexia of aging in physicians and registered dietitians with and without education

	Physicians (n = 416)					Registered dietitians (n = 140)
	Education group (n = 166)		Non‐education group (n = 250)		P value	Education group (n = 96)		Non‐education group (n = 44)		P value
	N	%	N	%		N	%	N	%
I use tools and resources such as evidence‐based guidelines developed by experts to care for my older patients with anorexia.
Yes, all of the time	10	6.0%	8	3.2%	<0.001	15	15.6%	2	4.5%	0.140
Yes, most of the time	48	28.9%	16	6.4%		35	36.5%	11	25.0%
Rarely	42	25.3%	39	15.6%		23	24.0%	12	27.3%
No, I prefer to use my own clinical judgement	50	30.1%	129	51.6%		13	13.5%	10	22.7%
No, I am not aware of tools and resources to care for my geriatric patients with anorexia	13	7.8%	47	18.8%		6	6.3%	6	13.6%
No, I do not use tools and resources because I do not have access to them	2	1.2%	6	2.4%		1	1.0%	2	4.5%
Not applicable for my professional role/responsibility	1	0.6%	5	2.0%		3	3.1%	1	2.3%
I am confident in providing nutrition recommendations for older patients with anorexia.
Strongly agree	52	31.3%	39	15.6%	<0.001	37	38.5%	19	43.2%	0.201
Agree	81	48.8%	108	43.2%		50	52.1%	16	36.4%
Neither agree nor disagree	24	14.5%	75	30.0%		8	8.3%	8	18.2%
Disagree	6	3.6%	23	9.2%		1	1.0%	1	2.3%
Strongly disagree	1	0.6%	2	0.8%		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Not applicable for my professional role/responsibility	1	0.6%	1	0.4%		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Missing system	1	0.6%	2	0.8%		0	0.0%	0	0.0%
I am confident in providing physical activity recommendations for older patients with anorexia.
Strongly agree	41	24.7%	35	14.0%	<0.001	16	16.7%	7	15.9%	0.043
Agree	89	53.6%	109	43.6%		58	60.4%	17	38.6%
Neither agree nor disagree	30	18.1%	78	31.2%		15	15.6%	17	38.6%
Disagree	5	3.0%	20	8.0%		2	2.1%	2	4.5%
Strongly disagree	0	0.0%	2	0.8%		1	1.0%	1	2.3%
Not applicable for my professional role/responsibility	0	0.0%	2	0.8%		2	2.1%	0	0.0%
Missing system	1	0.6%	4	1.6%		2	2.1%	0	0.0%

Data are presented as N, %, chi‐square test.