A systematic review and meta-analysis of group peer support interventions for people experiencing mental health conditions

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 [53,54,55]	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

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