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What is Peer Support Group?

Peer support occurs when people provide emotional or practical help to each other. It is often used to refer to activities where colleagues, members of self help organizations and others meet as equals to give each other support on a reciprocal basis.

Reasons & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Other 9 2
An event 3 0
General mood issue 3 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
0 0%
Moderate
0 0%
Mild
0 0%
None
2 100%

Schedules

  60 min monthly 900 min yearly 90 min monthly 120 min monthly 180 min monthly 240 min monthly 270 min monthly 60 min daily 720 min weekly
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 6 Number of Patients: 6 6 Number of Patients: 6 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1  

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

How Long Current Patients Have Been In Peer Support Group

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
1
3
9

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
0 0%
Usually
1 50%
Sometimes
1 50%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
1 50%
Not at all
1 50%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
0 0%
$25-49
0 0%
< $25
1 50%

Report created on November 23, 2009.