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Benefits of Peer Support for Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Sharing Experiences, Care Debriefing, and Altruism.

ABSTRACT:

Background

After critical illness, patients are often left with impairments in physical, social, emotional, and cognitive functioning. Peer support interventions have been implemented internationally to ameliorate these issues.

Objective

To explore what patients believed to be the key mechanisms of effectiveness of peer support programs implemented during critical care recovery.

Methods

In a secondary analysis of an international qualitative data set, 66 telephone interviews with patients were undertaken across 14 sites in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States to understand the effect of peer support during recovery from critical illness. Prevalent themes were documented with framework analysis.

Results

Most patients who had been involved in peer support programs reported benefit. Patients described 3 primary mechanisms: (1) sharing experiences, (2) care debriefing, and (3) altruism.

Conclusion

Peer support is a relatively simple intervention that could be implemented to support patients during recovery from critical illness. However, more research is required into how these programs can be implemented in a safe and sustainable way in clinical practice.

SUBMITTER: McPeake J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8182973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Benefits of Peer Support for Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Sharing Experiences, Care Debriefing, and Altruism.

McPeake Joanne J Iwashyna Theodore J TJ Boehm Leanne M LM Hibbert Elizabeth E Bakhru Rita N RN Bastin Anthony J AJ Butcher Brad W BW Eaton Tammy L TL Harris Wendy W Hope Aluko A AA Jackson James J Johnson Annie A Kloos Janet A JA Korzick Karen A KA Meyer Joel J Montgomery-Yates Ashley A Mikkelsen Mark E ME Slack Andrew A Wade Dorothy D Still Mary M Netzer Giora G Hopkins Ramona O RO Quasim Tara T Sevin Carla M CM Haines Kimberley J KJ

American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses 20210301 2

<h4>Background</h4>After critical illness, patients are often left with impairments in physical, social, emotional, and cognitive functioning. Peer support interventions have been implemented internationally to ameliorate these issues.<h4>Objective</h4>To explore what patients believed to be the key mechanisms of effectiveness of peer support programs implemented during critical care recovery.<h4>Methods</h4>In a secondary analysis of an international qualitative data set, 66 telephone interview ...[more]

PMID: 33566086

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Benefits of Peer Support for Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Sharing Experiences, Care Debriefing, and Altruism.

Background

Objective

Methods

Results

Conclusion

Publications

Benefits of Peer Support for Intensive Care Unit Survivors: Sharing Experiences, Care Debriefing, and Altruism.

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