PEER CONNECT: peer coaching for long term conditions
- Conditions
- People with long-term conditions attending pain, rheumatology and multiple sclerosis clinics.Not Applicable
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN12623577
- Lead Sponsor
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Brief Summary
2022 Protocol article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36175099/ (added 30/09/2022) 2024 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39160107/ (added 20/08/2024)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 28
1. Aged 18 years or older (peers and volunteer coaches)
2. Attendance at one of three outpatient clinics (rheumatology, pain and multiple sclerosis) in TSDFT (peers and volunteer coaches)
3. PAM Level 1 or 2 (peers), PAM 3 or 4 (volunteer coaches)
4. Willing and able to engage in the six-month intervention (peers and volunteer coaches)
5. Willing and able to commit to undertaking assessments at baseline, six and nine months (peers).
6. Capacity to provide informed consent (peers and volunteer coaches)
7. Sufficient fluency in English to be able to engage with the intervention and study material (peers and volunteer coaches)
1. Aged under 18 years
2. Potential peers scoring PAM 3 or 4
3. Potential volunteer coaches scoring PAM 1 or 2
4. Participation in another observational/ interventional research trial
5. Not able to commit to six-month intervention period
6. Not able to provide informed consent
7. Insufficient fluency in English to engage with intervention/ study material
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Feasibility outcomes:<br>1.1. Peer recruitment rate (%) = number of peers recruited/ potentially eligible cohort (indicated by the number of information packs sent or handed out) x100<br>1.2. Coach recruitment rate (%) = number of volunteer coaches recruited/ potentially eligible cohort (indicated by the number of information packs sent or handed out) x100<br>1.3. Retention rates will be calculated as the proportion of peers completing all questionnaires at 6 months i.e. the end of the coaching intervention. Follow-up rates will be calculated as the proportion of peers completing all questionnaires at 9 months. 1.4. Coach retention will be calculated as the proportion of coaches who complete the training programme and coaching of (at least) one peer
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method