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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