Table 2.
Characteristics of sample (n = 28,917)
| Characteristic | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mean | Standard deviation | |
| Age (years) | 55.8 | 17.2 |
| Minimum | Maximum | |
| Age (years) | 16 | 100 |
| Frequency | % | |
| Mode of delivery | ||
| Standard | 22,750 | 78.7 |
| Hybrid | 4,168 | 14.4 |
| Modified | 1,999 | 6.9 |
| Sexa | ||
| Female | 18,260 | 63.1 |
| Male | 10,656 | 36.9 |
| Missing | 1 | |
| WIMD quintile | ||
| 1 (most deprived) | 5,512 | 19.6 |
| 2 | 5,818 | 20.7 |
| 3 | 5,997 | 21.3 |
| 4 | 5,956 | 21.1 |
| 5 (least deprived) | 4,884 | 17.3 |
| Local health board | ||
| Aneurin Bevan | 4,973 | 17.2 |
| Betsi Cadwallader | 8,787 | 30.4 |
| Cardiff and the Vale | 4,023 | 13.9 |
| Cwm Taf | 4,151 | 14.4 |
| Hywel Dda | 3,385 | 11.7 |
| Powys | 1,206 | 4.2 |
| Swansea Bay | 2,392 | 8.3 |
| Pathway | ||
| Back care | 1,069 | 3.7 |
| Generic | 16,361 | 56.6 |
| Level 4b | 4,840 | 16.7 |
| Mental health | 2,189 | 7.6 |
| Weight management | 4,458 | 15.4 |
| Referrer type | ||
| GP | 11,368 | 39.3 |
| Physiotherapist | 9,417 | 32.6 |
| Practice nurse | 3,510 | 12.1 |
| Other | 4,621 | 16.0 |
| Missing | 1 | |
a’Sex’ rather than ‘gender’ recorded in NERS database
bLevel 4 includes those on the following pathways: cancer, cardiac, falls prevention, lifestyle, pregnancy, pulmonary and stroke (see Supplementary Material 1)