Table 1.

Mean scores on the Social Support Programme Acceptability Rating Scale

Item	Mean score
Did you feel involved in helping to plan what social support you would find helpful?	2.13
Did you feel able to make changes to the plan to suit your needs during the programme?	1.80
Was the planned social support actually provided?	2.40
Did you like the way the programme was provided to you?	2.67
Did you like the members of the community who were providing the support?	2.73
On balance, did you find that the programme made life better for you?	2.67
In an overall, general sense, how satisfied are you with the programme?	2.47

Four-point Likert scale: 0 = not at all; 1 = a little: 2 = quite a lot; 3 = a great deal.