Table 2.
Synoptic Table of data extraction - an extract.
| Title | Author | Year | Journal | Type of study/ methodology | Sample/context/ country | Aim of the study | Results of the study | Research questions |
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Battle Buddies: Rapid Deployment of a Psychological Resilience Intervention for Health Care Workers
During the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic |
Cristina Sophia Albott; Jeffrey R. Wozniak; Brian P. McGlinch; Michael H. Wall; Barbara S. Gold;Sophia Vinogradov; | 2020 | International Anesthesia Research Society |
Special article Buttle Buddy check-in through a five questions-survey; application of the revisited Buttle Buddy model for healthcare workers according to the sequence ANTICIPATE-PLAN- DETER, through inoculation of stressors and resilience training |
Not specified sample of healthcare workers/ Covid 19 Pandemic/ U. S.A. | The study aims to be a guideline for all future programs dealing with psychological resilience in the work environment, specially in the sanitary one. | At the moment of the publication the study was still in progress: no defined results. | What does Peer Support among sanitary professionals mean? Who is identified as Peer Supporter among healthcare workers? What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? What are the modalities of Peer Supporting? |
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Buddy Care, a Peer-to- Peer Intervention: A Pilot Quality Improvement Project to Decrease Occupational Stress Among an
Overseas Military Population |
Jean F. Villaruz Fisak; Barbara S. Turner; Kyle Shepard; Sean P. Convoy; |
2020 | Military Medicine |
Qualitative study/ Pilot study Pre-test with 79 items; Post-test three and six months after the intervention. |
40 U. S. Navy healthcare workers assigned to three patient units/ Military Hospital/ Guam | To implement and consider “Buddy Care” (fundamental component in Navy programs), as an evidence-based intervention in stress management. | The sample considered is too small to make significant statistics. A replica of the project is recommended. |
What does Peer support among sanitary professionals mean? Who is identified as Peer supporter among healthcare workers? What is the function of Peer support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer support in the healthcare domain? What are the modalities of Peer supporting? |
| Building a Program of Expanded Peer Support for the Entire Health Care Team: No One Left Behind | Timothy E. Klatt; Jessica F. Sachs; Chiang-Ching Huang; Alicia M. Pilarski. | 2021 | The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety | Case report | 149 physicians and nurses/ Medical College of Wisconsin Institutional Review Board/U. S. A. | To describe the implementation of a Peer Support Program for an entire health system. | The study highlights that the team implemented with success a Peer Support Program with trained Peers. | Which kind of training is envisaged for Peer Support? |
| Burnout in Physicians: a Case For Peer- Support | S.M.Bruce; H.M. Conaglen; J.V. Conaglen; |
2005 | Internal Medicine Journal |
Original Article 83 surveys sent; the data analysis includes descriptive statistics, using t-test for the comparison with other studies. |
83 physicians / different working contexts/ New Zealand (Waikato and Bay of plenty) | To observe the level and the presence of burnout in a sample of New Zealand physicians; to show up the necessity to create support systems/ peer supervision. | The study shows up the presence of significant difficulties for doctors in the working context; just 50 of them answered the survey; all of them sunstein the need of a Peer Support model in the working environment, through group intervention or through single intervention. | Who is identified as Peer Supporter among healthcare workers? What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the modalities of Peer Supporting? |
| CAIR: Implementation of peer response support for frontline health care workers facing the COVID-19 pandemic | Rubin, E. W.; Rassman, A. | 2021 | Social work in health care |
Qualitative study Peer Support through in sync online videos, One-to-One Peer Support, other resources; online survey to have results. |
71 healthcare workers/ Not specified context/Seattle, U. S. A. |
To determine the benefit of the rapid development of a Peer Support Program during the Covid 19 Pandemic. | The speed of development and application of this program contributed to the low efficacy of the study; the participants were just 13; however the study can be the start point for new projects for possible new clinical emergencies. | What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? What are the modalities of Peer Supporting? |
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Care of the clinician after an
adverse event |
PrattS. D.Jach a B.R. | 2015 | International Journal of Obstetric Anesthesia 2015 24:1 (54-63) |
Review Article Review of the existing literature. |
Physicians, not specified sample/ Intensive Care and Anesthesiology Departement/ Boston, U. S. A. | To describe how to take care of “Second Victims” identifying signs and needs. | Second Victims could not be able to ask for help and Sanitary Systems should develop programs to give emotional support. | What does Peer Support among sanitary professionals mean? Which kind of training is envisaged for Peer Support? What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? |
| COVID-19 Pandemic Support Programs for Healthcare Workers and Implications for Occupational Mental Health: A Narrative Review | David, E., DePierro, J.M., Marin, D.B. et al. | 2021 | Psychiatric Quarterly | Narrative Review Research on Medline/Pubmed, Cochrane Library, and Embase. Inclusion Criteria : Healthcare workers’ mental health during Covid 19; studies publicated between April 2020 and April 202; inclusion of studies whose validation of effectiveness was in progress or needed update. |
Not specified sample of healthcare workers/Covid 19 Pandemic/ U. S. A., Europe, Asia, Australia. |
To resume the initiatives developed during the Covid 19 Pandemic to support healthcare workers’ mental well being, in the context of pre- existing guidelines on mental health at work. | A negative period like Covid 19 Pandemic, definitely, could help to catalyze a positive change and a transformation for healthcare workers’ mental well being. The hope is that healthcare workers accept psychological interventions and make good use of these, supplementing in their working days seeing the efficacy noted. |
What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? What are the modalities of Peer Supporting? |
| Covid-19: peer support and crisis communication strategies to promote institutional resilience | Wu, A. W., Connors, C., Everly, G. S. |
2020 | Annals of Internal Medicine, 172, 822-823 | Case Report | Not specified sample of healthcare workers/Covid 19 Pandemic/The Johns Hopkins Hospital/ Baltimora, Maryland | To describe the three strategic principles useful to Sanitary Institutions involved in the Covid 19 Pandemic. The third principle concerns Peer Support Programs. | The approach described in the report has the potential to improve organizational cohesion, resilience and healthcare workers’ well being. | What does Peer Support among sanitary professionals mean? What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? What is the diffusion and the development of Peer Support in the national and international scenario? |
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Creating the Hematology/Oncology
/Stem Cell Transplant Advancing Resiliency Team: A Nurse-Led Support Program for Hematology/Oncology /Stem Cell Transplant Staff |
Schuster M.A. | 2021 | Journal of pediatric oncology nursing :official journal of the Association of Pediatric Oncology Nurses | Process paper/pilot study The HART Program offered a confidential space for interaction, for group/ one-to-one support, and for multiple ways of intervention. |
Every professional at the service of hospitalized oncological patients or stem cell transplant patients, not specified sample/Boston Children’s Hospital/Boston, U. S. A. |
To evaluate the efficacy of the Hematology/Oncol ogy/Stem Cell Transplant Advancing Resiliency Team (HART): a peer-to-peer support program guided by Nurses for all the healthcare personnel. | The HART program has been well received and used a lot by the personnel. An increase of more than 25% has been registered for the extreme satisfaction with this work support intervention. |
Who is identified as Peer Supporter among healthcare workers? Which kind of training is envisaged for Peer Support? What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? What are the modalities of Peer Supporting? |
| Deployment of a Second Victim Peer Support Program: A Replication Study. | MERANDI, J. et al. | 2017 | Pediatric quality & safety, [s. l.], v. 2, n. 4, p. e031 |
Retrospective Study Draft of a report about the advancements of the “forYOU/You matter” program in the various stages of application, to draw final conclusions. | 232 Peer Support Meetings/ Nationwide children’s hospital/ U. S. A. | To implement awareness about the “Second Victim” phenomenon developing a Peer Support Program named “You matter” | Replication of the “forYou” Peer Support Program designed by MUCH (University of Missouri Health Care’s). The University, with NCH, from 2013 developed various stages of the program. From 2013, 300 peer supporters has been formed, 232 peer to peer meetings and 21 group meetings have been done. |
Who is identified as Peer Supporter among healthcare workers? Which kind of training is envisaged for Peer Support? What is the function of Peer Support among health professionals? What are the contexts of use of Peer Support in the healthcare domain? What are the modalities of Peer Supporting? |