Table 5.

Evaluating food safety and nutrition textbook for dietitians (n = 13).^∗

No.	Questions	Caffeine	Food additives	Food-borne illness	Nutrition & meal planning	Obesity & eating disorder	Nutrition labeling	Total
1	Do the contents of the textbook clearly match with objectives?	4.77 ± 0.44	4.15 ± 1.07	4.85 ± 0.55	4.69 ± 0.75	4.69 ± 0.63	5.00 ± 0.00	4.69 ± 0.35
2	Can you easily understand the contents of the textbook?	4.62 ± 0.65	3.54 ± 0.66	4.67 ± 0.49	4.62 ± 0.77	4.77 ± 0.44	4.46 ± 0.88	4.43 ± 0.34
3	Does it emphasize key messages?	4.85 ± 0.38	4.15 ± 1.07	4.77 ± 0.83	4.69 ± 0.75	4.62 ± 0.65	4.77 ± 0.44	4.64 ± 0.35
4	Does it have the appropriate amount of information for each class?	4.54 ± 0.78	4.08 ± 1.19	4.62 ± 0.51	4.62 ± 0.65	4.46 ± 0.66	4.83 ± 0.39	4.51 ± 0.41
5	Can we obtain useful information from the textbook?	4.92 ± 0.28	4.31 ± 0.85	4.69 ± 0.85	4.77 ± 0.60	4.62 ± 0.77	4.77 ± 0.44	4.68 ± 0.39
6	Can we easily pay attention to the contents of the textbook?	4.23 ± 0.73	3.31 ± 1.18	4.31 ± 0.85	4.54 ± 0.78	4.46 ± 0.88	4.31 ± 0.75	4.19 ± 0.51
7	Do the class activities have the appropriate level?	4.54 ± 0.66	4.08 ± 1.12	4.46 ± 0.88	4.23 ± 1.24	4.69 ± 0.48	4.54 ± 0.66	4.42 ± 0.50
8	Does the design of the textbook induce interest of students?	4.38 ± 1.04	3.54 ± 1.33	4.46 ± 0.97	4.15 ± 0.99	4.54 ± 0.88	4.00 ± 1.15	4.18 ± 0.90
9	Do the figures, pictures, & cartoons help to understand the contents?	4.85 ± 0.38	4.08 ± 1.19	5.00 ± 0.00	4.69 ± 0.63	4.69 ± 0.48	4.77 ± 0.44	4.68 ± 0.27
10	Is language use consistent?	4.62 ± 0.87	4.77 ± 0.44	4.85 ± 0.38	4.85 ± 0.38	4.77 ± 0.44	4.77 ± 0.44	4.77 ± 0.34
11	Are the themes appropriate to improve the dietary habits of students?	4.85 ± 0.38	3.15 ± 1.57	4.54 ± 0.78	4.54 ± 0.78	4.54 ± 0.66	4.54 ± 0.66	4.36 ± 0.48
12	Do you think it improve nutrition knowledge of students?	4.85 ± 0.38	4.54 ± 1.13	4.62 ± 0.65	4.69 ± 0.63	4.85 ± 0.38	4.69 ± 0.63	4.71 ± 0.33
13	Do you think students can easily apply the knowledge to a real diet?	4.46 ± 0.97	3.23 ± 1.30	4.46 ± 0.66	4.54 ± 0.78	4.33 ± 0.89	4.46 ± 0.78	4.24 ± 0.60
14	After reading this textbook, do the contents remain in your memory?	4.85 ± 0.38	4.08 ± 0.86	4.62 ± 0.65	4.54 ± 0.78	4.62 ± 0.65	4.46 ± 0.97	4.53 ± 0.43
15	Will you recommend this textbook to others?	4.69 ± 0.63	3.62 ± 1.12	4.54 ± 0.66	4.62 ± 0.65	4.62 ± 0.65	4.62 ± 0.65	4.45 ± 0.47
Total		4.67 ± 0.33	3.91 ± 0.72	4.63 ± 0.38	4.58 ± 0.52	4.62 ± 0.46	4.60 ± 0.50	4.50 ± 0.33

Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation.

^∗The data analysis was based on the 5-point Likert scale (1 = strongly disagree, 2 = disagree, 3 = neutral, 4 = agree, 5 = strongly agree).