Barriers and facilitators to implementing and sustaining peer support in kidney care.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Peer support offers informational, appraisal and emotional support for people with kidney disease, is recommended in national policy, yet has low engagement levels. This paper reports results of a national survey and qualitative interviews in the UK with the aim of increasing understanding of peer support availability and its barriers and facilitators.

Literature review

A recent narrative review highlighted the barriers and facilitators to peer support uptake among people with kidney disease however called on further studies to be conducted.

Material and methods

The survey, adapted from a 2012 version, was sent to all 83 UK kidney units. Semistructured interviews were conducted with staff, recipients and supporters from two units.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Wood E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9292676 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature