Predictors and Effects of Participation in Peer Support: A Prospective Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.
Guadalupe Xochitl AyalaJuliana C N ChanAndrea L CherringtonJohn ElderEdwin B FisherMichele HeislerAnnie Green HowardLeticia IbarraHumberto ParadaMonika SaffordDavid SimmonsTricia S TangPublished in: Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (2022)
Peer support reached/benefitted those at greater disadvantage. Less social support for dealing with diabetes and higher PHQ-8 scores predicted greater participation in peer support. Participation in turn predicted lower HbA1c across levels of baseline HbA1c, and in a dose-response relationship across levels of participation.