Virtual Peer Support for People With Cystic Fibrosis and Their Family Members: A Program Evaluation.

behavioral health caregiving quality improvement quality of life respiratory care

Journal

Journal of patient experience
ISSN: 2374-3735
Titre abrégé: J Patient Exp
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101688338

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2020
Historique:
entrez: 18 1 2021
pubmed: 19 1 2021
medline: 19 1 2021
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

We sought to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and benefits of a virtual one-to-one peer support program for people with cystic fibrosis and their family members through a retrospective program evaluation. This peer support program was developed in collaboration with patients, health care providers, and CF Foundation program staff. Mentees were paired with a trained peer mentor for 3-month mentoring via video, phone, email, or text. We found that the peer support program was feasible and acceptable. Success factors include a range of positive benefits including practical support as well as social and emotional support. Two-thirds of mentees reported at least 4 different benefits. Mentors reported multiple benefits after providing support through mentoring. Our program evaluation demonstrates that virtual peer support based on informal sharing of life experiences is an achievable way to provide social support and enhance health and well-being in chronic disease management.

Identifiants

pubmed: 33457639
doi: 10.1177/2374373520974322
pii: 10.1177_2374373520974322
pmc: PMC7786709
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

1748-1754

Informations de copyright

© The Author(s) 2020.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Conflicting Interests: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

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Auteurs

Aimee Jeffrey (A)

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Lauren Andracchio (L)

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Meg Dvorak (M)

Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program, Stanford Healthcare, Stanford, CA, USA.

Paula Lomas (P)

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA.

Beth Smith (B)

Department of Psychiatry, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.

Drucy Borowitz (D)

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, MD, USA.

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