Table 1

Participant characteristics

Characteristic	Patients	GPs	LWs/HCs
N	19	7	3 HCs and 6 LWs
Age	29–85 years (average age: 60.4 years)	33–53 years; three unknown (average age 43 years)	HC: 47–50 years (average age 48.43 years). LW: 22–52 years, 1 unknown (average age 30.80 years)
Gender	12 female, 6 male, 1 prefer not to say	2 female 5 male	HC: 1 female; 2 male LW: 2 female; 4 male
Interview location	University campus, in patient’ homes, private spaces at the community library	GPs’ workplace; university campus	HC: university campus LW: LWs’ workplace; university campus
Interview length	Ranged 20–111 min (M _duration=55 min)	Ranged 21 min and 3 s to 51 min and 31 s (M_duration =34 min and 83 s)	HC: ranged 40 min and 9 s to 76 min and 30 s (M_duration =62 min) LW: ranged 30 min and 26 s to 70 min and 45 s (M_duration =48 min and 45 s)
Ethnicity	84% (n=16) white and/or British	71.43% (n=5) white British and (n=2) Caucasian	HC: white British (n=3); LW: white British (n=4) and white (n=2)
Recruitment	All first 456 recruited patients were invited once at least 3 months after recruitment. Invitations were sent in four waves to achieve a total of 19.	Organisational contact points	Organisational contact points
Employment	53% (n=10) retired 47% (n=9) in work	N/A	N/A
Living with	42% (n=8) lived alone	N/A	N/A
Referred by	58% (n=11) GP 26% (n=5) self 16% (n=3) practice nurse	N/A	N/A
Referral reason	53% (n=10) weight loss followed by support for 37% (n=7) multiple/complex needs including loneliness	N/A	N/A