Question · asked by 1 review

Peer support vs usual care: Perceived social support

Population
parents and carers of children with complex needs
Intervention
Peer support
Comparison
usual care
Outcome
Perceived social support

What each review found

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FindingEffectStudiesGRADE certainty
Peer support vs usual care
Perceived social support Measures: ‐ Irey's Social Support Inventory ‐ Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support ‐ Arizona Social Support Scale ‐ MOS Social Support scale (higher scores = more support) Timing of · parents and carers of children with complex needs
Peer support interventions for parents and carers of children with complex needs (2021) · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
no estimate extracted4 studies · 191 participantsVery low

Findings are shown side by side, never pooled across reviews.

The reviews

ReviewSearched up toIncluded studiesAMSTAR 2
Peer support interventions for parents and carers of children with complex needs
2021 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Not reportedNot extractedNot assessed

The same intervention and outcome, asked in another population or against another comparator.

How reviews are matched to this question

Reviews word the same question differently. Four decision models (TypeSafe's Jev, Liquid AI's d1-ultra, SubQ Snap and Baseten's Elephant) judged each wording of the population, intervention, comparator and outcome against the others; two wordings count as the same when at least three of them agree and none clearly disagrees, and findings count as this question only when all four elements match. Timing, setting and subgroup never split a question: they are shown on each finding.