Journal article
“Tis Better to Give Than to Receive?” Health-related Benefits of Delivering Peer Support in Type 2 Diabetes: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed-methods Study
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Existing peer support literature in diabetes has focussed predominantly on the health impact it has on the beneficiaries rather than the benefactors. In this mixed-methods study, we examined the effect of delivering peer support (vs receiving) on glycated hemoglobin (A1C) and diabetes distress (DD) at 3 and 12 months as part of a larger diabetes self-management support randomized controlled trial. Maintenance or improvement of …
Authors
Afshar R; Sidhu R; Askari AS; Sherifali D; Camp PG; Cox S; Tang TS
Journal
Canadian Journal of Diabetes, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp. 518–525
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
7 2022
DOI
10.1016/j.jcjd.2022.02.006
ISSN
1499-2671