Dolatkhah Neda, Aghamohammadi Dawood, Farshbaf-Khalili Azizeh, Hajifaraji Majid, Hashemian Maryam, Esmaeili Sepideh
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Research Center, Aging Research Institute, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
BMC Res Notes. 2019 Nov 21;12(1):757. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4788-9.
In this cross-sectional study among 220 medical students we aimed to determine the nutritional knowledge and attitude of medical students through clinical training courses (externship and internship) of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran. A nutritional knowledge questionnaire included 51 questions was used to determine the correct, perceived and accuracy of knowledge of the participant in different aspects of nutrition sciences. The nutrition attitude questionnaire included 30 questions. Both questionnaires were confirmed in terms of the validity and reliability for assessing nutritional knowledge and attitude in this sample of Iranian medical students. Nutritional knowledge and attitude were calculated as percentage of correct or appropriate responses.
The correct knowledge was not significantly different among externs and interns (68.20 ± 7.50% and 67.87 ± 6.04% respectively, p = 0.729). Results showed that most of the participants (49.61% of externs and 57.14% of inters) had a poor nutritional knowledge, significantly varied by age (p = 0.035). The attitude index of the subjects was not significantly different among externs and interns (73.36 ± 9.42% and 74.59 ± 9.20%, p = 0.335). Most students (92.7%) had a very appropriate attitude toward nutrition, significantly varied by sex (p = 0.010). These findings indicate that there are multiple deficiencies in nutrition knowledge of medical students.
在这项针对220名医科学生的横断面研究中，我们旨在通过伊朗大不里士医科大学的临床培训课程（见习和实习）来确定医科学生的营养知识和态度。一份包含51个问题的营养知识问卷被用于确定参与者在营养科学不同方面知识的正确性、认知度和准确性。营养态度问卷包含30个问题。两份问卷在评估伊朗医科学生样本的营养知识和态度方面的有效性和可靠性均得到确认。营养知识和态度以正确或适当回答的百分比来计算。
见习生和实习生的正确知识水平无显著差异（分别为68.20±7.50%和67.87±6.04%，p = 0.729）。结果显示，大多数参与者（49.61%的见习生和57.14%的实习生）营养知识较差，且随年龄有显著差异（p = 0.035）。受试者的态度指数在见习生和实习生之间无显著差异（73.36±9.42%和74.59±9.20%，p = 0.335）。大多数学生（92.7%）对营养持非常恰当的态度，且随性别有显著差异（p = 0.010）。这些发现表明医科学生的营养知识存在多种不足。
