ReviewJournal of primary care & community health2016
Peers as Facilitators of Medication Adherence Interventions: A Review.
Review in Journal of primary care & community health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Peer support for people with chronic conditions: a systematic review of reviews.BMC health services research · 2022Pooled it
- Peer Navigation for Smoking Cessation in People With HIV Who Smoke: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2025Trial
- Co-production and adaptation of a prison-based problem-solving workbook to support the mental health of patients housed within a medium- and low-secure forensic service.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2024Trial
- Differences in Self-Reported Medication Nonadherence and Its Drivers in Young Adults Versus Older Adults With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.The Journal of rheumatology · 2026Article
- Medication Adherence and its Predictors in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in India: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Current Evidence.Health science reports · 2026Review
- Enhancing care in alcohol-associated liver disease through peer support for alcohol use disorder.Hepatology communications · 2026Review
- Evolving Medication Adherence in the Early Post-Kidney Transplant Period: Recipients' Lived Experiences from a Single-Center Qualitative Study in Taiwan.Patient preference and adherence · 2026Article
- Therapeutic Adherence in Cardiovascular Diseases: Insights from the Patient and Physician-A Narrative Review.Advances in therapy · 2026Review
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- Did I Take My Medication Today? Understanding Medication Self-Management for Adults With Intellectual Disabilities Through Participatory Research.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2025Article
- Self-medication among university students in Guangdong province, China: a cross-sectional study using the KAP model.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Rare complex recurrent cystic echinococcosis with multi-organ involvement after inadequate postoperative therapy: a case report.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- A longitudinal assessment of chronic care pathways in real-life: self-care and outcomes of chronic heart failure patients in Tuscany.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- What is the volume, diversity and nature of recent, robust evidence for the use of peer support in health and social care? An evidence and gap map.Campbell systematic reviews · 2022Review
- Prevention of Cardiovascular Diseases in Community Settings and Primary Health Care: A Pre-Implementation Contextual Analysis Using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Improving Caregiver Burden by a Peer-Led Mentoring Program for Caregivers of Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease: Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of patient experience · 2022Article
- Peer navigation for smoking cessation in smokers with HIV: Protocol for a randomized clinical trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Article
- Effect of Peer Mentoring on Quality of Life among CKD Patients: Randomized Controlled Trial.Kidney diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Peers Keep It Real: Re-engaging Adults in HIV Care.Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CareArticle
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Abstract
backgroundDifficulty taking essential medications as prescribed is a prevalent problem among people living with chronic diseases. Numerous interventions to enhance medication adherence have been developed; the majority facilitated by health care professionals.
objectiveThis review examined medication adherence interventions delivered by peers (ie, lay individuals living with the same chronic disease) and reports what is known about the impact of peer-facilitated interventions. DATA SOURCES: PubMed, CINAHL, Google Scholar, Google, and PsychInfo, and ancestry searches. STUDY SELECTION: Solely peers delivered the intervention and follow-up occurred for at least 24 weeks postintervention. Electronic databases were searched from their start date to December 31, 2014.
resultsEleven studies were located that reported 10 different interventions focused on 6 chronic disease conditions. Most interventions were delivered in clinical settings and grounded in a theoretical framework. Formats were evenly split between individual and group level, with one intervention using both. Length of training for the interventionists and the number of intervention sessions that subjects received varied across studies. LIMITATIONS: Self-report was frequently used as a measure of adherence. Biomarkers were sometimes used to assess medication adherence; however, lifestyle modification may have also affected biomarker levels.
conclusionsOverall, the interventions had positive effects and attrition was quite low. Peer-facilitated interventions appear to enhance medication adherence as well as other healthful behaviors, such as exercise.
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