Table 3

General practitioners’ attitude towards hydration and patient care before and after the training session

Question	Response options	Pre		Post
Question	Response options	n=59	Per cent	n=54	Per cent
How would you rate your general hydration status when at work?	Bad	22	37	24	44
	Average	22	37	16	30
	Good	15	25	13	24
	Excellent	0	0	1	2
How important do you feel giving hydration advice is to people with kidney stones?	Very important	48	81	48	89
	Somewhat Important	10	17	2	4
	Unimportant	0	0	0	0
	Very unimportant	1	2	4	7
How important do you feel hydration education is for your profession given competing priorities in training?	Very important	20	34	27	50
	Somewhat Important	35	59	26	48
	Unimportant	4	7	1	2
	Very unimportant	0	0	0	0
Is managing hydration the responsibility of:	Dietitian	0	0	0	0
	Doctor	0	0	0	0
	Patient	1	2	1	2
	All of the above	58	98	53	98
Do you think consuming too much water can be detrimental to the health of a patient?	Never	0	0	0	0
	Rarely	15	25	28	52
	Sometimes	39	66	24	44
	Always	5	9	2	4