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Table 4 Number of patients’ contacts with GPs, nurses, and psychologists between baseline to 3 months, and 4 to12 months for intervention and TAU groups, based on information obtained from electronic patient records

Profession	Type of contact	Intervention 0-3 months m (SD)	TAU 0-3 months m (SD)	p
GP	visit	3.44 (1.214)	2.59 (1.354)	0.066
Nurse	visit	0.32 (0.829)	0.32 (0.875)	0.878
Psychologist/Therapist	visit	0.40 (1.320)	0.89 (1.776)	0. 0001
Total visits to PHCC	visit	4.16 (2.398)	3.81 (2.692)	0.006
		Intervention 4-12 months m (SD)	TAU 4-12 months m (SD)	p
GP	visit	2. 54 (2.337)	2.38 (2.595)	0.301
Nurse	visit	0. 68 (1.484)	0.62 (1.551)	0.581
Psychologist/Therapist	visit	0. 90 (2.504)	0.83 (1.908)	0.401
Total visits to PHCC	visit	4. 11 (4.586)	3.83 (4.403)	0.619
		Intervention total 0-12 months m (SD)	TAU total 0-12 months m (SD)	p
GP	visit	8.26 (5.842)	7.64 (5.976)	0.304
Nurse	visit	0.99 (1.978)	0.94 (2.088)	0.967
Psychologist/Therapist	visit	1.30 (3.129)	1.73 (3.222)	0.167
Total visits to PHCC	visit	8.26 (5.842)	7.64 (5.976)	0.812