A Randomized Trial of Dyadic Peer Support Intervention for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients in Korea

Lee, Ran; Lee, Keon Suk; Oh, Eui Geum; Kim, Soo Hyun

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“…Lee et al . () examined a dyadic peer support intervention for newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in South Korea and Schover et al . () assessed Sisters Peer Counseling in Reproductive Issues After Treatment, a sisters peer counselling programme for African‐American breast cancer patients.…”

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“…Lee et al . () also found a significant difference in changes in self‐efficacy for self‐management of breast cancer between an experimental group (dyadic peer intervention) and a control group (CG; treatment as usual); however, no significant changes were observed regarding psychological distress (anxiety and depression) and adjustment between the two groups.…”

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One-to-one peer support in cancer care: a review of scholarship published between 2007 and 2014

Meyer

Coroiu

Körner

2014

Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)

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The primary goal of this review was to determine whether one-to-one peer support programmes benefit cancer patients. The secondary goal was to assess the quality of the research methodology and of the peer programme description as reported in original research studies. MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases were systematically searched in order to identify relevant studies published between May 2007 and July 2014. Eligible articles were evaluated using pre-existing criteria based on the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials Statement Checklist. This review included 13 studies: four randomised controlled trials, one non-randomised comparative study and eight one-group descriptive studies. All studies reported high participant satisfaction with the peer support intervention, and the majority noted positive outcomes regarding psychological adjustment. The quality of the description of the peer support programmes as well as the research methodology of the studies was rated as fair. Methodological weaknesses included biased recruitment strategies and limited information regarding peer volunteers, non-users of peer support and those who withdrew from support programmes. One-to-one peer support programmes have the unique advantage of being a low-cost intervention approach, but also showing potential for relieving the health-care system by reallocating some aspects of the cancer care to community settings. Future research should address the methodological weaknesses in study design and reporting.

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One-to-one peer support in cancer care: a review of scholarship published between 2007 and 2014

Meyer

Coroiu

Körner

2014

Eur J Cancer Care (Engl)

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“…RCTs have shown improvements in self-efficacy for patients with breast cancer and prostate cancer, respectively [15,16]. In a review of 44 studies on peer-support programs in cancer care, Hoey et al concluded that one-on-one face-to-face, and group internet, peer-support programs were the most effective [9].…”

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To support and to be supported. A qualitative study of peer support centres in cancer care in Norway

Skirbekk

Korsvold

Finset

2018

Patient Education and Counseling

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Objective: To explore what peer supporters, patients and their relatives want and gain from peer support in cancer care. Methods:Focus group interviews with peer supporters, and in-depth interviews with peer supporters, patients and relatives (N=38) and observations of daily activities in a Vardesenter ("Cairn Centre").Results: Peer supporters helped cancer patients and relatives with coping in and outside the hospital in several ways: (1) conveying hope and providing ways to cope in situations where despair would often be prevalent, thus protecting against unhealthy stress; (2) being someone who had had the same experiences of disease and treatment, and thus providing a framework for positive social comparisons; and (3) to be an important supplement to family and health care providers. To be working as a peer supporter was also found to be positive and important for the peer supporters themselves. Conclusion:The peer support program represented a valuable supplement to informal support from family and friends and healthcare providers, and gave the peer supporters a new role as "professionally unprofessional". Practice implications:Organised peer support represents a feasible intervention to promote coping for cancer survivors.

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“…There is evidence of improved psychological wellbeing for the recipients of such support [2][3][4], however, findings are inconsistent. It may be that individual characteristics determine who benefits from peer support, and these individual variations may be lost in aggregated data.…”

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Toward structured peer support interventions in oncology: a qualitative insight into the experiences of gynaecological cancer survivors providing peer support

Huntingdon

Schofield

Wolfowicz

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Support Care Cancer

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A Randomized Trial of Dyadic Peer Support Intervention for Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer Patients in Korea

Abstract: Oncology nurses are optimally positioned to promote adjustment in patients with cancer. Trained peer support partners, supervised by skilled nurses, may be useful in improving self-efficacy of patients newly diagnosed with breast cancer.

Cited by 42 publications

References 34 publications

One-to-one peer support in cancer care: a review of scholarship published between 2007 and 2014

One-to-one peer support in cancer care: a review of scholarship published between 2007 and 2014

To support and to be supported. A qualitative study of peer support centres in cancer care in Norway

Toward structured peer support interventions in oncology: a qualitative insight into the experiences of gynaecological cancer survivors providing peer support

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