Trial reportJournal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education2021
Peer Mentors for People with Advanced Cancer: Lessons Learnt from Recruiting and Training Peer Mentors for a Feasibility Randomized Controlled Trial.
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- IN-HOME-PDCaregivers: The effects of a combined home visit and peer mentoring intervention for caregivers of homebound individuals with advanced Parkinson's disease.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2023Trial
- Peer mentorship to improve self-management of hip and knee osteoarthritis: a randomised feasibility trial.BMJ open · 2021Trial
- Peer support to maintain psychological wellbeing in people with advanced cancer: findings from a feasibility study for a randomised controlled trial.BMC palliative care · 2020Trial
- A mixed methods evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a peer-led physical activity behaviour change intervention for inactive people living with and beyond cancer.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- Online peer support program for women with metastatic cancer: a pre-post evaluation.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- A Structured Peer Support Intervention for Patients With Hematologic Malignancies Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Peer Support Interventionists' Perspectives.Transplantation and cellular therapy · 2025Article
- Learning to PERSEVERE: A pilot study of peer mentor support and caregiver education in Lewy body dementia.Parkinsonism & related disorders · 2023Article
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- Exploring the feasibility, acceptability and value of volunteer peer mentors in supporting self-management of osteoarthritis: a qualitative evaluation.Disability and rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Peer Mentoring Program for Informal Caregivers of Homebound Individuals With Advanced Parkinson Disease (Share the Care): Protocol for a Single-Center, Crossover Pilot Study.JMIR research protocols · 2022Article
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Abstract
Peer mentors may offer distinctive forms of support to people with advanced cancer. Whilst peer mentor programmes are known, little is understood about recruiting and training peer mentors to support those with advanced cancer. The purpose of this study is to determine the feasibility of recruiting and training peer mentors for a novel peer mentor intervention to promote well-being in people with advanced cancer. Feasibility study testing proactive introduction to a trained peer mentor for 12 weeks in the context of a randomized controlled two-arm trial and nested qualitative process evaluation was used. Peer mentors have/had cancer, recruited via an open call. Two-day training included a new bespoke module on coping with cancer. Descriptive recruitment and training data were captured, supplemented by qualitative interviews, analysed thematically. Forty-eight people expressed interest, mostly female (69%), with breast cancer (32%), and recruited via social media (49%). Twelve people completed training, with attrition often due to availability or mentors' own health; many had advanced cancer themselves. They wanted to 'give something back', but also formed supportive bonds with fellow mentors. It is feasible to recruit and train people with lived experience of cancer to be peer mentors, but those with particular characteristics may predominate. Broad social media based recruitment may have merit in widening the pool of potential peer mentors.
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