The key features and role of peer support within group self-management interventions for stroke? A systematic review.

CONCLUSION: Future self-management interventions should be designed to maximize peer support and incorporate techniques which facilitate, knowledge building, goal setting, access to resources, problem solving, and communication. Implications for rehabilitation Group self-management interventions offer a way to provide peer support to stroke survivors and should be utilized in practice. Peer support is seen by stroke survivors as valuable because it can facilitate the sharing of experiences, social comparison, vicarious learning, and increase motivation. Knowledge building, goal setting, problem solving, collaborative skills, and the ability to access resources should be incorporated into interventions aiming to enhance self-management behaviors in the stroke population. PMID: 30325686 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Disability and Rehabilitation - Category: Rehabilitation Authors: Tags: Disabil Rehabil Source Type: research