A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury

Objective: This systematic review sought evidence concerning the effectiveness of peer mentoring for people with traumatic brain injury. Data sources: Fourteen electronic databases were searched, including PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library, from inception to September 21 20...

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Main Authors: Morris, Richard, Fletcher-Smith, Joanna C., Radford, Kathryn
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39002/
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Radford, Kathryn
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description Objective: This systematic review sought evidence concerning the effectiveness of peer mentoring for people with traumatic brain injury. Data sources: Fourteen electronic databases were searched, including PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library, from inception to September 21 2016. Ten grey literature databases, PROSPERO, two trials registers, reference lists and author citations were also searched. Review methods: Studies which employed a model of one-to-one peer mentoring between traumatic brain injury survivors were included. Two reviewers independently screened all titles and abstracts before screening full texts of shortlisted studies. A third reviewer resolved disagreements. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed studies for quality and risk of bias. Results: The search returned 753 records, including one identified through hand searching. 495 records remained after removal of duplicates and 459 were excluded after screening. Full texts were assessed for the remaining 36 studies and six met the inclusion criteria. All were conducted in the United States between 1996 and 2012 and employed a variety of designs including two randomised controlled trials. A total of 288 people with traumatic brain injury participated in the studies. No significant improvements in social activity level or social network size were found, but significant improvements were shown in areas including behavioural control, mood, coping and quality of life. Conclusion: There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of peer mentoring after traumatic brain injury. The available evidence comes from small-scale studies, of variable quality, without detailed information on the content of sessions or the ‘active ingredient’ of the interventions.
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spelling nottingham-390022020-05-04T18:21:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/39002/ A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury Morris, Richard Fletcher-Smith, Joanna C. Radford, Kathryn Objective: This systematic review sought evidence concerning the effectiveness of peer mentoring for people with traumatic brain injury. Data sources: Fourteen electronic databases were searched, including PsycINFO, MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and the Cochrane Library, from inception to September 21 2016. Ten grey literature databases, PROSPERO, two trials registers, reference lists and author citations were also searched. Review methods: Studies which employed a model of one-to-one peer mentoring between traumatic brain injury survivors were included. Two reviewers independently screened all titles and abstracts before screening full texts of shortlisted studies. A third reviewer resolved disagreements. Two reviewers independently extracted data and assessed studies for quality and risk of bias. Results: The search returned 753 records, including one identified through hand searching. 495 records remained after removal of duplicates and 459 were excluded after screening. Full texts were assessed for the remaining 36 studies and six met the inclusion criteria. All were conducted in the United States between 1996 and 2012 and employed a variety of designs including two randomised controlled trials. A total of 288 people with traumatic brain injury participated in the studies. No significant improvements in social activity level or social network size were found, but significant improvements were shown in areas including behavioural control, mood, coping and quality of life. Conclusion: There is limited evidence for the effectiveness of peer mentoring after traumatic brain injury. The available evidence comes from small-scale studies, of variable quality, without detailed information on the content of sessions or the ‘active ingredient’ of the interventions. SAGE Publications 2016-11-15 Article PeerReviewed Morris, Richard, Fletcher-Smith, Joanna C. and Radford, Kathryn (2016) A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury. Clinical Rehabilitation . ISSN 1477-0873 Peer Mentoring Social and Leisure Activities Systematic Review Traumatic Brain Injury http://cre.sagepub.com/content/early/2016/11/11/0269215516676303 doi:10.1177/0269215516676303 doi:10.1177/0269215516676303
spellingShingle Peer Mentoring
Social and Leisure Activities
Systematic Review
Traumatic Brain Injury
Morris, Richard
Fletcher-Smith, Joanna C.
Radford, Kathryn
A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
title A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
title_full A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
title_fullStr A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
title_full_unstemmed A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
title_short A systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
title_sort systematic review of peer mentoring interventions for people with traumatic brain injury
topic Peer Mentoring
Social and Leisure Activities
Systematic Review
Traumatic Brain Injury
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