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. 2019 Dec 13;2019:6549476. doi: 10.1155/2019/6549476

Table 2.

Bariatric patients' GNKQ scores and general nutritional knowledge level (n = 112).

Knowledge domain (max possible score) Mean SD Min Max Lower knowledge (<50% percentile) Medium knowledge (50–75% percentile) Higher knowledge (>75% percentile)
n (%) n (%) n (%)
Part 1: dietary recommendations (17) 9 3 1 14 38 (34) 63 (56) 11 (10)
Part 2: food groups (34) 16 6 0 28 52 (46) 55 (49) 5 (4)
Part 3: healthy food choices (13) 6 2 0 11 57 (51) 46 (41) 9 (8)
Part 4: diet, disease, and weight associations (21) 10 4 0 18 50 (45) 54 (48) 8 (7)
Total: nutrition knowledge score (85) 42 13 1 67 45 (40) 66 (59) 1 (1)