Table 2.
Mean nutrition knowledge scores as percentages of correct answers (95% confidence intervals in parenthesis) in the different sections (n = 5) of the questionnaire.
| EDU (n = 28): Mean Knowledge Score (95% CI) | EDU + APP (n = 34): Mean Knowledge Score (95% CI) | p-Value (Group × Time Interaction) | p-Value (Main Effect of Time) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 | Week 5 | Week 17 | Week 0 | Week 5 | Week 17 | |||
| Nutrition recommendations for endurance athletes | 75.8 | 82.8 | 80.9 | 75.2 | 83.6 | 83.7 | 0.103 | <0.001 |
| (72.7 to 79.0) | (79.8 to 85.8) | (77.7 to 83.9) | (71.8 to 78.6) | (79.5 to 87.7) | (80.9 to 86.4) | |||
| Dietary supplements | 71.4 | 88.6 | 82.1 | 73.5 | 90.6 | 90.0 | 0.276 | <0.001 |
| (62.3 to 80.5) | (81.5 to 95.7) | (75.1 to 89.2) | (67.6 to 79.4) | (86.5 to 94.7) | (85.2 to 94.8) | |||
| Fluid balance and hydration | 87.2 | 91.8 | 93.4 | 87.8 | 94.5 | 94.1 | 0.689 | <0.001 |
| (82.6 to 91.9) | (89.2 to 94.5) | (90.0 to 96.7) | (84.2 to 91.4) | (91.4 to 97.7) | (90.5 to 97.7) | |||
| Energy intake and recovery | 77.3 | 86.2 | 85.7 | 77.9 | 88.2 | 85.3 | 0.648 | <0.001 |
| (72.6 to 82.0) | (82.4 to 90.0) | (81.8 to 89.6) | (73.3 to 82.6) | (84.2 to 92.2) | (81.4 to 89.2) | |||
| Association between food choices and body image | 83. | 88.1 | 86.9 | 87.9 | 88.6 | 90.8 | 0.345 | 0.142 |
| (77.8 to 88.9) | (83.6 to 92.6) | (83.2 to 90.6) | (84.1 to 91.7) | (84.6 to 92.5) | (87.5 to 94.2) | |||
p > 0.05 for main effect of group.