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Table 4.

Benefits to patients with implementation of an SPLS

	Survey	On-the-job training program	Focus groups and interview
Benefits to patients	• 92.3% of participants agreed that SP could benefit patients’ health and wellbeing.	• Training program participants fully agreed that SP can benefit patients’ health and wellbeing, contributing to healthy aging.	• HP’ Focus Group: ○ The benefits pointed out were: opposes sedentary lifestyle, improves mental health and wellbeing, and reduces the use of anti-depressives and anxiolytics. They also indicated that SP could respond to the need for socializing caused by isolation. ○ Based on the experience during the pilot study, HP shared that patients were thankful for the concern, additional attention, and opportunity to participate in SP.

Survey

On-the-job training program

Focus groups and interview

Benefits to patients

• 92.3% of participants agreed that SP could benefit patients’ health and wellbeing.

• Training program participants fully agreed that SP can benefit patients’ health and wellbeing, contributing to healthy aging.

• HP’ Focus Group:

○ The benefits pointed out were: opposes sedentary lifestyle, improves mental health and wellbeing, and reduces the use of anti-depressives and anxiolytics. They also indicated that SP could respond to the need for socializing caused by isolation.

○ Based on the experience during the pilot study, HP shared that patients were thankful for the concern, additional attention, and opportunity to participate in SP.

SPLS social prescribing local system, SP social prescribing, HP health professionals