The effects of digital peer support interventions on physical and mental health: a review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Digital peer support interventions have the potential to promote healthy lifestyles and better mental health. This systematic review and meta-analysis synthesizes evidence on the effectiveness of digital peer support interventions for enhancing physical and mental health in healthy individuals rather than those diagnosed with a clinical condition.

Methods

First, we evaluated the impact of digital peer support interventions on physical and mental health outcomes by attending to sources of peer support (informal, naturally occurring peer support; formal support from trained peers), effectiveness demonstrated through different study designs (pre-post comparison vs. well-controlled experimental conditions) and long-term effects of interventions. Second, we examined whether

SUBMITTER: Yeo G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11886969 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature