Studying the obesity knowledge and its determinants in medical students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, 2020

Abstract

At present, due to lifestyle changes, modernization and urban development, nutritional transition has occurred. With the prevalence of nutrition-related diseases, the need for broader nutrition education in medical school curricula is fully felt. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of knowledge of medical students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences about obesity and its determining factors in 2020. Materials and Methods: The validity of the content of the questionnaire was determined for each and all questions. The CVI, which determines the average relevance, transparency and simplicity of the question was equal to 0.89 and CVR or the necessity of the question was equal to 0. 928.retesting was performed randomly on 20 students from the statistical population one week apart to evaluate the reliability of the questionnaire. The correlation coefficient of the knowledge questionnaire was 0.79 in the range of 0.65 - 0.91, which indicates the reliability of the method used. The internal consistency of the method was calculated using Cronbach's alpha, which was calculated to be 0.798 for the whole questionnaire. This study was a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. The target population is all medical students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences who are currently taking clinical courses (external and internship). 200 medical students of internship and internship were included in the study by simple available sampling. Obesity knowledge questionnaire questions have been extracted from similar study questionnaires abroad and valid books in the field of nutrition. The questionnaire consists of 20 questions including 18 four-choice questions and two subjective questions with the aim of determining students' attitudes toward obese patients and confidence in their treatment. Questions into eight subgroups including physiology (2), etiology (2), diagnosis (3), evaluation of treatment outcomes (1), conservative treatment of obesity (4), surgical treatment of obesity (2), consequences of obesity (1), long maintenance The duration of body weight (3) as well as 2 questions are subjective. Nutritional knowledge is calculated as the percentage of correct response and then graded, which was considered as 100-85 very good, 84-65 good, 64-45 average and 44 and less poor. Results: The average knowledge score of Tabriz medical students regarding obesity and related factors was 45.85±1.08 and most students had moderate knowledge (79.1%). Also, in the study of factors affecting students' knowledge about obesity in this study, it was observed that none of the variables of age, gender, educational level, marital status, obesity training course, number of study hours per day and interest in the subject with its knowledge status There was no statistically significant relationship (p> 0.05).