| Title | The effectiveness and sustainability of peer support interventions for persons living with HIV: a realist synthesis |
| Authors | Han, Shuyu Zhang, Yizhu Yang, Xianxia Chai, Xinru Guo, Jinzheng Zhang, Lili Shao, Ying Ma, Jianhong Li, Ke Wang, Zhiwen |
| Affiliation | Peking Univ, Sch Nursing, Beijing, Peoples R China Wuhan Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Wuhan, Hubei, Peoples R China Beijing Youan Hosp Affiliated Capital Med Univ, Dept Nursing, Beijing, Peoples R China Beijing Youan Hosp Affiliated Capital Med Univ, Dept Infect, Beijing, Peoples R China Peking Univ First Hosp, Dept Emergency, Beijing, Peoples R China |
| Keywords | RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED-TRIAL ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY ADHERENCE SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT MEDICATION ADHERENCE UNMET NEEDS CARE PEOPLE HIV/AIDS MEN EXPERIENCES |
| Issue Date | Feb-2023 |
| Publisher | BMJ GLOBAL HEALTH |
| Abstract | BackgroundPeer support is an important supplement to medical resources for persons living with HIV (PLHIV). However, previous studies have shown mixed results about intervention effects. It is necessary to explain the mechanism of peer support interventions' effectiveness and sustainability to help design more valid peer support interventions.ObjectiveTo identify and explain the mechanisms that drive the effectiveness and maintain the sustainability of peer support interventions.MethodsA preliminary theoretical framework was developed through a scoping review of the grey literature and international project frameworks in five professional websites. We then refined the framework by systematically searching evidence in databases including PubMed, EMBASE, Web of Science, ProQuest, CINAHL, CNKI and Wanfang. Qualitative methods were used to generate codes and themes relating to the studies' context, mechanisms and outcomes. We checked chains of inference (connections) across extracted data and themes through an iterative process.ResultsA total of 6345 articles were identified, and 52 articles were retained for final synthesis. The refined theoretical framework presents five areas of peer support, including informational support, instrumental support, emotional support, affiliational support and appraisal support; five types of outcomes that peer support can improve for PLHIV, including physiological outcomes, psychological outcomes, behavioural outcomes, cognitive outcomes and social outcomes; the effectiveness mechanism coding system from peer volunteers and the relationship between peer volunteers and PLHIV; and the sustainability mechanism coding system in terms of peer volunteers, PLHIV and study context.ConclusionsGiven that peer support has huge potential human resources, that is, all the qualified PLHIV, irreplaceable advantages in dealing with barriers to HIV-related discrimination and potential comprehensive benefits for PLHIV, it is necessary to develop and organise more peer support projects for PLHIV. Our study highlights that the expansion of peer support projects should be based on their effectiveness and sustainability.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42022339079. |
| URI | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11897/672849 |
| ISSN | 2059-7908 |
| DOI | 10.1136/bmjgh-2022-010966 |
| Indexed | SCI(E) SSCI |
| Appears in Collections: | 护理学院 第一医院 |
