How Do Burn Patients Feel About Peer Support? Preliminary Data From the SHARE Program

Inpatient peer support for adult burn survivors—A valuable resource: A phenomenological analysis of the Australian experience

“…The affiliated literature resonates with our findings. Tolley [9,11] reported positive views concerning the value and benefits of peer support in providing hope, emotional support, motivation, perspective and a sense of belonging. Sproul et al [23] who investigated perceived sources of support in adult burn survivors, found that substantial proportion of participants stated that speaking to a burn survivor assisted them in their on-going rehabilitation, found it motivational and agreed that speaking to another burn survivor gave them hope for the b u r n s x x x ( 2 0 1 4 ) x x x -x x x future.…”

“…Williams et al's [13] study that evaluated a peer consultation programme for burn inpatients, reported peer consultants approached burn survivors in an appropriate manner, answered their questions, and provided useful support and information. More recently, a pilot study by Tolley and Foroushani [11] of patients' views of peer support, found that 90% of participants who received inpatient peer support indicated that peer support benefited their rehabilitation. In fact 40% of Tolley and Foroushani's [11] participants expressed that they felt hopeless concerning their future prior to receiving peer support in contrast to the 80% of participants who reported that peer support gave them hope and decreased feelings of isolation after receiving peer support and as one of their participants expressed:…”

“…Within the context of burns, peer support has altered burn survivors' lives by the acquisition of a new perspective and hope for the future [10] and it has been reported to positively improve burn survivors psychosocial rehabilitation [11]. Oster et al's [12] findings demonstrate that speaking to another burn survivor is an empowering experience.…”

“…The role of peer support has become a valuable resource in the survivors rehabilitation journey [9,11,18,19], and is correlated with a positive body image, self-esteem and a reduced incidence of depression [20]. The rapid growth of peer support networks is suggestive that peer support has a critical role in post-burn adjustment [10] and is an adjunct to their burn rehabilitation [11]. Empowering burn survivors to access peer support enables the extension of their support network that is seen as an alternative to conventional support methods [9].…”

Should Support Group Approaches be Used Burned Children Families?

“…Ayrıca, erkeklerin daha hızlı uyum sağlamaları, daha kolay iş bulmalarına neden olmuştur. 23 Yanıklı ergenlere Chedekel ve Tolias tarafın-dan yapılan destek grup girişimlerinde, yaşanılan ortak duygu ve deneyimlerden dolayı ergenlerin baş etme mekanizmalarının geliştiği saptanmıştır. 24 Trevar ve ark.nın metodolojik tipte yaptıkları akran destek çalışmasında; kendini kabul etme, bakış açısı değişikliği, toplum değerleri ve karşılık-lılık temaları olmak üzere dört tema belirlenmiştir.…”