Table 3.

The relationship between overall confidence* and competence in using ‘open discovery’ questions in response to four statements post-training; ‘Healthy Conversation Skills’ training intervention among staff (n 145) working in Sure Start Children's Centres, Southampton, UK

	Competence in using ‘open discovery’ questions
Overall confidence	None	1–2 times	3–4 times	Total	P
Low	1	0	0	1	0·002†
Mid	15	21	30	66
High	11	18	49	78
Total	27	39	79	145

Results presented are numbers of participants.

*Overall confidence scores were derived for each participant by calculating the mean of his/her healthy eating and physical activity confidence scores.

†Spearman test for trend across increasing competence and overall confidence levels (r = 0·19).