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SynthesisAmerican journal of public health2010

A systematic review of the effectiveness of peer-based interventions on health-related behaviors in adults.

Allison R Webel, Jennifer Okonsky, Joyce Trompeta, William L Holzemer

Open access · greenAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in American journal of public health, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 145 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
145citing papers in PubMed, 18 pooled it
14.2field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

145 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 377 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Barriers and facilitators of self-management of diabetes amongst people experiencing socioeconomic deprivation: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024
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  6. Effectiveness of Peer-Led Wellbeing Interventions in Retirement Living: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021
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  13. Future challenges for intervention research in health and lifestyle research - A systematic meta-literature review.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2015
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  16. A systematic review of peer-support programs for smoking cessation in disadvantaged groups.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2013
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85 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Allison R WebelDepartment of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. allison.webel@case.edu
Jennifer Okonsky
Joyce Trompeta
William L Holzemer
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa · US

Funding

Case Western Reserve University/Cleveland Clinic CTSA (KL2)KL2RR024990 · NCRR · CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY · PI DAVIS, PAMELA B · 2007 to 2011
$9.5M
UCSF Predoctoral Clinical Research Training Program(RMI)T32RR023259 · NCRR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI PALEFSKY, JOEL MICHAEL · 2005 to 2006
$1.3M
Pilot Testing a Peer-based Intervention for Symptom Management-HIVF31NR009910 · NINR · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · PI WEBEL, ALLISON R · 2007 to 2008
$59k
NCRR NIH HHS 1T32RR023259NCRR NIH HHS T32 RR023259NINR NIH HHS 1F31NR009910NINR NIH HHS F31 NR009910
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We reviewed 25 randomized clinical trials that assessed the effect of peer-based interventions on health-related behaviors in adults. Effect sizes were calculated as odds ratios or standardized mean differences. We grouped most of the studies by 7 measured outcomes, with effect sizes ranging from -0.50 to 2.86. We found that peer-based interventions facilitated important changes in health-related behaviors, including physical activity, smoking, and condom use, with a small- to medium-sized effect. However, the evidence was mixed, possibly because of the heterogeneity we found in methods, dose, and other variables between the studies. Interventions aimed at increasing breastfeeding, medication adherence, women's health screening, and participation in general activities did not produce significant changes.

Indexed as

Peer GroupSocial SupportAdultHealth BehaviorHealth PromotionHumansRandomized Controlled Trials as Topic

Identifiers

PMID20019321
PMCPMC2804647
OpenAlexW1969477545

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Registered trials

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