Understanding peer support: a qualitative interview study of doctors one year after seeking support.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Doctors' health is of importance for the quality and development of health care and to doctors themselves. As doctors are hesitant to seek medical treatment, peer support services, with an alleged lower threshold for seeking help, is provided in many countries. Peer support services may be the first place to which doctors turn when they search for support and advice relating to their own health and private or professional well-being. This paper explores how doctors perceive the peer support service and how it can meet their needs.

Materials and methods

Twelve doctors were interviewed a year after attending a peer support service which is accessible to all doctors in Norway. The qualitative, semi-structured interviews took place by on-line video meetings or over th

SUBMITTER: Horne IMT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10066008 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature