Effectiveness of Peer-Led Wellbeing Interventions in Retirement Living: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT: Retirement living (RL) communities may be an ideal setting in which to utilize peer-leaders to implement or support health and wellbeing interventions. To date, this literature has not been systematically summarized. The purpose of this study was to fill this gap with a particular focus on describing the extent to which interventions addressed each level of the social ecological model of behavior change. This review utilized established frameworks for assessing methodological quality of studies, including the CONSORT guidelines and RoB2 bias assessment for cluster randomized controlled trials. A total of 153 records were identified from database searches, and seven studies met inclusion criteria. Overall, there is emerging evidence that peer-led health and wellbeing programs in RL communit

SUBMITTER: Barras L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8583038 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature