TABLE 3.

Self‐efficacy of dietitians for counseling clients on nutrition‐related topics and on beans by T2DM^† counseling status (n = 302)

	Total	Do not counsel 23% (70)	Dietitians who counsel
			Not T2DM† 11% (33)	T2DM nonclinical 26% (78)	T2DM clinical 40% (121)
	%
How confident are you in your ability to counsel others on nutrition‐related topics?
Provide specific nutrition information to clients***
Not or a little confident	2.0	8.6a	0a,b	0b	0b
Somewhat confident	8.3	27.1a	6.1b	3.8b	0.8b
Confident	34.4	40.0a,b	57.6b	35.9a,c	24.0c
Very confident	55.3	24.3a	36.4a	60.3b	75.2c
Increase client motivation***
Not or a little confident	4.3	15.7a	0a	1.3b	0.8b
Somewhat confident	22.2	35.7a	21.2a,b	17.9b	17.4b
Confident	42.4	27.1a	51.5b	43.6b	47.9b
Very confident	31.1	21.4a	27.3a,b	37.2b	33.9a,b
Recommend specific dietary changes***
Not or a little confident	2.0	7.1a	0a,b	0b	0.8b
Somewhat confident	6.3	21.4a	6.1b	2.6b,c	0c
Confident	38.1	50.0a	51.5a	35.9a,b	28.9b
Very confident	53.6	21.4a	42.4b	61.5c	70.2c
Give specific advice for maintaining diet changes***
Not or a little confident	3.0	11.4a	0b	0b	0.8b
Somewhat confident	9.3	21.4a	6.1b	6.4b	5.0b
Confident	41.4	45.7a,b	63.6b	35.9a,c	36.4a
Very confident	46.4	21.4a	30.3a	57.7b	57.9b
Provide culturally sensitive counseling*
Not or a little confident	9.9	20.0a	9.1a,b	7.7b	5.8b
Somewhat confident	30.5	40.0a	30.3a	28.2a	26.4a
Confident	38.7	30.0a	45.5a	39.7a	41.3a
Very confident	20.9	10.0a	15.2a,b	24.4b	26.4b
How confident are you in your ability to counsel others on bean nutrition‐related topics? (n = 288)
Provide specific nutrition information about beans***
Not or a little confident	10.1	22.4a	9.4a,b	3.9b	7.1b
Somewhat confident	25.0	38.8a	18.8b	21.1b	21.2b
Confident	41.6	26.9a	56.3b	56.6b	51.3b
Very confident	17.4	11.9a	15.6a	18.4a	20.4a
Increase client motivation to eat beans*
Not or a little confident	9.4	19.4a	6.3a,b	2.7b	8.9b
Somewhat confident	26.6	35.8a	18.8a	25.3a	24.1a
Confident	46.9	34.3a	56.3b	53.3b	47.3b
Very confident	17.1	10.4a	18.8a	18.7a	19.6a
Recommend specific dietary changes to include beans***
Somewhat confident	17.4	31.3a	9.4b	16.0b	12.4b
Confident	49.5	37.3a	68.8b	52.0a,b	49.6a,b
Very confident	23.7	11.9a	18.8a,b	30.7b	27.4b
Give specific advice to maintain bean consumption**
Not or a little confident	12.2	11.4a	0b	0b	0.8b
Somewhat confident	23.4	21.4a	6.1b	6.4b	5.0b
Confident	45.1	45.7a,b	63.6b	35.9a,c	36.4a
Very confident	19.2	21.4a	30.3a	57.7b	57.9b
Provide culturally sensitive counseling about beans**
Not or a little confident	23.7	37.3a	21.9a,b	14.7b	22.1b
Somewhat confident	32.4	34.3a,b	28.1a,b	42.7b	25.7a
Confident	30.0	19.4a	43.8b	26.7a,b	34.5b
Very confident	13.9	9.0a	6.3a	16.0a	17.7a
Counseling self‐efficacy score***	20.9 ± 3.3	18.3 ± 4.0	20.6 ± 2.7	21.6 ± 2.6	21.9 ± 2.7
Bean counseling self‐efficacy score***	18.2 ± 4.3	16.1 ± 4.8	18.8 ± 3.5	19.2 ± 3.4	18.6 ± 4.2

Same subscript letters indicate column proportions that are not significantly different from each other.

^†T2DM—type 2 diabetes mellitus.

^* p < .05

^** p < .01

^*** p < .001.