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Table 2 Perceived self-efficacy and number of different barriers

From: Talking with pediatric patients with overweight or obesity and their parents: self-rated self-efficacy and perceived barriers of Dutch healthcare professionals from seven disciplines

 

Total group

Pediatricians

Dieticians

YHCPs

Mental health professionals

YHCNs

Physiotherapists

GPs

Self-efficacy

Mean (SD)

7.2 (1.2)

8.1 * (1.2)

7.5 (1.1)

7.4 (1.1)

7.2 (1.7)

7.1 (1.0)

6.9 (1.5)

6.8 (1.6)

Rated ≤ 5

6.9%

3.2%

2.8%

5.5%

13.0%

6.5%

12.2%

12.0%

Number of barriers Mean (SD)

4.0 (2.3)

2.3 * (2.0)

3.8 (2.1)

4.7 (2.7)

2.9 * (2.0)

4.2 (2.1)

4.4 (2.7)

4.4 (2.5)

Do not discuss weight in ≥ 50% of cases

9.6%

12.9% *

5.3%*

5.4% *

18.0%

2.3% *

30.0%

60%

  1. Self-efficacy was rated on a scale of 0–10. Groups of HCPs were ranked in order of mean perceived SE rating. A maximum of 17 perceived barriers could be reported. Interdisciplinary differences were analyzed post-hoc with Bonferroni correction and significance (p < 0.05) marked by an asterisk
  2. GPs general practitioners, YHCPs youth healthcare physicians, YHCNs youth healthcare nurses, SD standard deviation, IQR interquartile range