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Table 2 Referral and counseling behavior (n = 47)

From: Attitudes and treatment practice of general practitioners towards patients with obesity in primary care

Variables

Values

Percent of overweight patients per month, Mean (SD)

28.51 (13.92)

Number of referred patients in the last 12 montha, Mean (SD)

28.23 (37.62)

‘To how many patients have you given a recommendation for bariatric surgery in the last 5 years?’, Mean (SD)

4.89 (8.25)

Frequency of conducted clinical activities, n (%)

 Assessment of BMI

  Frequently

41 (87.2)

  Rarely to never

6 (12.7)

  Waist circumference measurement

  Frequently

22 (46.8)

  Rarely to never

25 (53.2)

 Check-up / treatment of comorbidities

  Frequently

45 (95.7)

  Rarely to never

2 (4.3)

 Comprehensive counseling for behavior change

  Frequently

42 (89.4)

  Rarely to never

5 (10.6)

 Comprehensive counseling on dieta

  Frequently

27 (57.4)

  Rarely to never

19 (40.4)

 Comprehensive counseling on physical activity

  Frequently

46 (97.9)

  Rarely to never

1 (2.1)

  1. aMissing data for n = 1 (2.1%) participant