OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to pilot test a peer support intervention, involving peer delivery of @entity158 self-management strategies, for veterans with chronic @entity4512 . DESIGN: Pretest/posttest with 4-month intervention period. METHODS: Ten peer coaches were each assigned 2 @entity1 (N   =   20 @entity1 ). All had chronic @entity4512 . Guided by a study manual, peer coach- @entity1 pairs were instructed to talk biweekly for 4 months. @entity158 was the primary outcome and was assessed with the @entity970 , a three-item version of the Brief @entity158 Inventory, and the PROMIS @entity158 Interference Questionnaire. Several secondary outcomes were also assessed. To assess change in outcomes, a linear mixed model with a random effect for peer coaches was applied. RESULTS: Nine peer coaches and 17 @entity1 completed the study. All were male veterans. @entity1 ' @entity158 improved at 4 months compared with baseline but did not reach statistical significance ( @entity970 : P   =   0.33, ICC [intra-class correlation]   =   0.28, Cohen's d   =   -0.25; PROMIS: P   =   0.17, d   =   -0.35). Of secondary outcomes, self-efficacy (P   =   0.16, ICC   =   0.56, d   =   0.60) and @entity158 centrality (P   =   0.06, ICC   =   0.32, d   =   -0.62) showed greatest improvement, with moderate effect sizes. CONCLUSIONS: This study suggests that peers can effectively deliver @entity158 self-management strategies to other veterans with @entity158 . Although this was a pilot study with a relatively short intervention period, @entity1 improved on several outcomes.

A Brief Peer Support Intervention for Veterans with XXXX : A Pilot Study of Feasibility and Effectiveness.

@entity4512 :: ('MESH:D059352', 'Disease') :: ['musculoskeletal pain'] @entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity970 :: ('CHEBI:46793', 'Chemical') :: ['PEG'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain']
@entity4512 :: (MESH:D059352,Disease) :: ['Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain']
