Community support for injured patients: A scoping review and narrative synthesis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community-based peer support (CBPS) groups have been effective in facilitating access to and retention in the healthcare system for patients with HIV/AIDS, cancer, diabetes, and other communicable and non-communicable diseases. Given the high incidence of morbidity that results from traumatic injuries, and the barriers to reaching and accessing care for injured patients, community-based support groups may prove to be similarly effective in this population.

Objectives

The objective of this review is to identify the extent and impact of CBPS for injured patients.

Eligibility

We included primary research on studies that evaluated peer-support groups that were solely based in the community. Hospital-based or healthcare-professional led groups were excluded.

SUBMITTER: Jhunjhunwala R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10833531 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature