Table 3.

Extent to which each factor served as a barrier to dietary counseling.

	Mean Likert Value	Qualitative value
Time availability	3.6	Moderate to great extent
Competing demands	3.6	Moderate to great extent
Insufficient training	2.6	Some to moderate extent
Insufficient guidelines	2.2	Some extent
Lack of rapport with patient	2.1	Some extent
Low comfort level addressing topic	2.0	Some extent
Use of interpreters during visits	1.7	Small to some extent
Prior failed attempts with this patient	1.6	Small to some extent
Prior failed attempts with others	1.4	Small extent
Uncertainty of benefit to patient	1.1	Small extent