A cross-sectional study assessing Australian general practice patients’ intention, reasons and preferences for assistance with losing weight

Table 4 Top ranked personnel to assist overweight and obese general practice patients who intend to lose weight in the next six months with managing their weight

Most preferred person to assist with weight management	Overweight (n = 293)^a			Obese (n = 251)^a			Design based degrees of freedom	Test statistic	p-value
Most preferred person to assist with weight management	n	%	95% CI	n	%	[95% CI]	Design based degrees of freedom	Test statistic	p-value
Dietitian	75	26	[21, 31]	83	33	[30, 36]	(1.8, 20)	2.9	0.08
General practitioner	47	16	[12, 22]	42	17	[12, 23]	(1.8, 19)	1.6	0.2
Exercise physiologist	39	13	[8.7, 20]	36	14	[10, 20]	(1.3, 15)	0.2	0.7
Psychologist	7	2.4	[1.1, 5.2]	10	4	[2.2, 7.1]	(1.4, 16)	1.7	0.2
General practice nurse	1	0.3	[0, 3.1]	4	1.6	[0, 3.9]	(1.9, 21)	2.8	0.09
Surgeon	0	0	n/a	2	0.8	[0.2, 4.2]	(1.1, 12)	0.5	0.5
Weight loss consultant	9	3.1	[1.3, 7.0]	9	3.6	[1.6, 8.0]	(2.0, 22)	1.2	0.3
None of the above	114	39	[36, 49]	66	26	[21, 32]	(1.6, 18)	5.9	0.015*

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