Table 2.

Nutrition competence mean scores of all physicians and their subgroups

Nutrition competence construct	Physicians’ professional qualification	n	Mean	Median	SD	P value
Knowledge (maximum=35)	GP	33	23.8	22	5.9	0.003*
	FM resident	26	24.7	26	5.5
	FM specialist	19	29.3	30	2.6
	FM consultant	12	28.0	30	3.6
	All physicians	90	25.8	26	5.4
Skills (maximum=40)	GP	33	27.8	28	5.3	0.089†
	FM resident	26	30.9	30	5.5
	FM specialist	19	30.6	32	5.4
	FM consultant	12	28.9	30	2.0
	All physicians	90	29.5	29	5.2
Communication (maximum=45)	GP	33	34.5	35	6.0	0.523*
	FM resident	26	34.8	32	5.2
	FM specialist	19	35.6	39	5.6
	FM consultant	12	37.4	38	6.1
	All physicians	90	35.2	35	5.7
Attitudes (maximum=40)	GP	33	36.7	39	4.0	0.609*
	FM resident	26	37.4	37.5	2.3
	FM specialist	19	35.7	37	4.1
	FM consultant	12	35.9	38	5.5
	All physicians	90	36.6	38	3.9

*Kruskal-Wallis test.

†One-way ANOVA.

ANOVA, analysis of variance; FM, family medicine; GP, general practitioner.