Table 1.
Study Characteristics
| Study ID | Intervention Category | Country | N | Diagnoses | Sex % F | Ethnicity, % BAME | Age | Employed % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben-Zeev 2018 [52] | Peer Support group: Self-management | USA | 163 | 49% SS 28% BPD 33% MDD | 40 | 72 | 49 | N/R |
| Cook 2012a [53–55] | Peer Support group: Self-management | USA | 555 | 20% SS, 38% BPD, 25% DD, 15% other | 66 | 37 | 46 | 15 |
| Cook 2012b [56, 57] | Peer Support group: Self-management | USA | 428 |
21% SS, 40% BPD, 18% DD 9% other |
56 | 46 | 43 | 9 |
| Eisen 2012 [58] | Peer support group: Self-management | USA | 298 | Psychotic disorders, DD, alcohol/ substance misuse disorders (% N/R) | 8 | 33 | 72% were 36–60 years | N/R |
| Kaplan 2011 [59] | Mutual support: online group | USA | 300 | 22% SS, 78% affective disorders | 66 | 8 | 47 | 63 |
| Corrigan 2015 [60] | Peer Support group: Anti-Stigma | USA | 205 | N/R | 64 | 64 | 46 | 24 |
| Rüsch 2014 [61] | Peer Support group: Anti-stigma | SC | 100 |
27% SS 20% BPD 60% DD |
59 | 2 | 42 | 19 |
| Russinova 2014 [62] | Peer Support group: Anti-stigma | USA | 82 |
34% SS 33% BPD 26% DD 7% other |
68 | 31 | 68% were > 40 years | 16 |
Ages and Inpatient admissions are reported as Means and % respectively unless otherwise stated
USA United States of America, SC Switzerland Confederation, N Total number of participants randomised, SS schizophrenia spectrum disorders, BPD Bipolar Disorder, MDD Major Depressive Disorder, N/R not recorded, DD Depressive disorder, Other category reported by papers, BAME Black Asian and Minority Ethnicity, (F) Female