Internet-based peer support for parents: A systematic integrative review.
Objectives: The Internet and social media provide various possibilities for online peer support. The aim of this review was to explore Internet-based peer-support interventions and their outcomes for parents. Design: A systematic integrative review. Data sources: The systematic search was carried ou...
| Publicado en: | International Journal of Nursing Studies Vol. 51; no. 11; pp. 1524 - 1538 |
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| Formato: | research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article |
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Elsevier B.V.
2014
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=103894944&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 103894944 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 00207489 JHV jtl: International Journal of Nursing Studies issn: 00207489 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2014 vid: 51 iid: 11 pid: 82545 pub: Elsevier B.V. place: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania artinfo: ui: 103894944 98498935 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.06.009 NLM24998788 103894944 ppf: 1524 ppct: 14 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P tig: atl: Internet-based peer support for parents: A systematic integrative review. aug: au: Niela-Vilén, Hannakaisa Axelin, Anna Salantera, Sanna Melender, Hanna-Leena affil: Department of Nursing Science, University of Turku, Finland sug: subj: Internet Support Groups Support, Psychosocial Peer Group Parents Parenting Human Funding Source Systematic Review PubMed CINAHL Database Cochrane Library Psycinfo Content Analysis Peer Counseling Social Media Outcome Assessment Family Coping Stress Management Anxiety Depression Self-Efficacy Access to Information Male Female Parenthood Psychological Well-Being Parenting Education Male Female ab: Objectives: The Internet and social media provide various possibilities for online peer support. The aim of this review was to explore Internet-based peer-support interventions and their outcomes for parents. Design: A systematic integrative review. Data sources: The systematic search was carried out in March 2014 in PubMed, Cinahl, PsycINFO and Cochrane databases. Review methods: Two reviewers independently screened the titles (n = 1793), abstracts and full texts to decide which articles should be chosen. The inclusion criteria were: (1) an Internet-based community as an intervention, or at least as a component of an intervention; (2) the participants in the Internet-based community had to be mothers and/or fathers or pregnant women; (3) the parents had to interact and communicate with each other through the Internet-based community. The data was analysed using content analysis. When analysing peer-support interventions only interventions developed by researchers were included and when analysing the outcomes for the parents, studies that focused on mothers, fathers or both parents were separated. Results: In total, 38 publications met the inclusion criteria. Most of the studies focused on Internet-based peer support between mothers (n = 16) or both parents (n = 15) and seven focused on fathers. In 16 studies, the Internet-based interventions had been developed by researchers and 22 studies used already existing Internet peer-support groups, in which any person using the Internet could participate. For mothers, Internet-based peer support provided emotional support, information and membership in a social community. For fathers, it provided support for the transition to fatherhood, information and humorous communication. Mothers were more active users of Internet-based peer-support groups than fathers. In general, parents were satisfied with Internet-based peer support. The evidence of the effectiveness of Internet-based peer support was inconclusive but no harmful effects were reported in these reviewed studies. Conclusions: Internet-based peer support provided informational support for parents and was accessible despite geographical distance or time constraints. Internet-based peer support is a unique form of parental support, not replacing but supplementing support offered by professionals. Experimental studies in this area are needed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research systematic review tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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