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Table 4 Effect of social prescribing on general and mental health, wellbeing and active living

From: The impact of a social prescribing service on patients in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation

Linear regression model on outcome differences (between baseline and follow-up) against treatment group

Outcomes

Non-adjusted

Adjusteda

Coef. (95% Conf. Interval)

Coef. (95% Conf. Interval)

General health score

−0.029 (−0.312, 0.253)

0.127 (−0.221, 0.475)

HADS Anxiety score (range 0–21)

−0.542 (−1.837, 0.752)

−0.119 (−0.847, 1.609)

HADS Depression score (range 0–21)

0.679 (−0.566, 1.924)

0.857 (−0.737, 2.451)

HADS score (range 0–41)

0.232 (−2.113, 2.577)

0.906 (−2.144, 3.957)

Wellbeing (past week) (range 0–6)

−0.089 (−0.569, 0.391)

−0.013 (−0.623, 0.596)

Active engagement in life score (range 0–20)

0.023 (−0.957, 1.004)

−0.073 (−1.278, 1.131)

Number of regular activitiesb

−0.856 (−1.518, −0.194)

−0.897 (−1.729, −0.065)

  1. aAdjusted with control variables, including age, sex, ethnicity, work status and living arrangement
  2. b p = 0.012 for non-adjusted model and p = 0.035 for adjusted model