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. 2020 Nov 30;20:1827. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-09927-4

Table 1.

Description of study variables

Variable Description
Number of return visits

Number of times a patient visited the health advice and navigation service within 3 months after the initial visit

Count variable

Social prescription

Binary variable

0 = Patient self-refers to the service

1 = Patient is referred to the service by a doctor

Gender

Binary variable

0 = Female

1 = Male

Age Age in years (continuous variable)
Distance Geographical distance in km from the patient’s residence to the service (continuous variable)
Visit due to overweight

Binary variable

0 = Reason for visiting the service was not overweight or obesity

1 = Reason for visiting the service was overweight or obesity

Visit due to psychological concern

0 = Reason for visiting the service was not a psychological concern

1 = Reason for visiting the service was a psychological concern