Table 1 Definition of the network measures
Lifestyle coaches | |
|---|---|
Centrality [17] | |
Raw degree | The raw number of collaborations each lifestyle coach has. |
Degree centrality | The extent to which lifestyle coaches are collaborating with other professionals within the network. |
Closeness centrality | The average distance that lifestyle coaches are removed from all other actors in the network. |
Betweenness centrality | Extent to which lifestyle coaches lie on the shortest paths connecting two other actors within the network. |
Brokerage scores [20] | |
Gatekeeper role X ➔ LSC ➔ LSC | The lifestyle coach controls what information passes into their sector, coming from another sector, e.g. general practices (X). |
Representative role LSC ➔ LSC ➔ X | The lifestyle coach controls what information passes out of their own lifestyle coach sector towards another sector, e.g. general practices (X). |
Consultant role X ➔ LSC ➔ X | The lifestyle coach links two professionals who are otherwise not directly connected, both from the same outside sector, e.g. general practices (X). |
Liaison role X ➔ LSC ➔ Y | The lifestyle coach bridges the gap between two otherwise not directly connected professionals, each within two different outside sectors, e.g. general practices and the health care organisation (X and Y). |