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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 7 1
General mood issue 4 1
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) 3 0
An event 3 0
Mental/emotional illness 1 1
FUN 1 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 90 min monthly 120 min monthly 190 min monthly 60 min weekly 90 min weekly 15 min daily 20 min daily
  4 Number of Patients: 4 4 Number of Patients: 4 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  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Peer Support Group(multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other
1 50% Other: 50%
Found another therapist or program I preferred
1 50% Found another therapist or program I preferred: 50%

See all 2 patients who’ve stopped participating in Peer Support Group

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
2
1
7

Stopped participating 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
0
0
2

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

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

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
0 0%
Somewhat
0 0%
A little
0 0%
Not at all
2 100%

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 21, 2009.