### What you need to know Most people living with a long term condition spend only a small fraction of their time with healthcare professionals. Someone with diabetes, for example, will spend three hours a year with a healthcare professional on average, and the remaining 8757 hours caring for themselves.1 Considering this limited time, and that 40-80% of medical information provided in health consultations is forgotten immediately,2 additional access to means of support could allow people to address issues not dealt with in traditional clinical settings.3 Self-management alone can be tiring, isolating, overwhelming, and tough on mental health. Peer support offers a valuable way for people with chronic health conditions to learn to live with and manage the complexities of their condition day to day, giving them the confidence, knowledge, and support to do this.45 This article offers an overview of peer support, its place in long term condition management, and tips for discussing it with patients. Peer support is the connection of two or more people with shared lived experiences. It can take the shape of spontaneous or arranged one-to-one interactions, buddy programmes, or a group setting (table 1). Meetings can occur face to face (eg, coaching and information sharing), virtually (blogs or online communities, following tags or specific members of the community, or by accessing group talks or podcasts), or in formal groups (self-management education, semi-structured support groups, group consultations/clinics). View this table: Table 1 Types of peer support Peer support can be …

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慢性健康状况下的同伴支持


### 您需要了解的内容 大多数患有长期疾病的人只花一小部分时间与医疗保健专业人员在一起。例如，患有糖尿病的人平均每年会花 3 小时与医疗保健专业人员在一起，其余 8757 小时用于照顾自己。1 考虑到时间有限，并且健康咨询中提供的医疗信息有 40-80% 被遗忘立即2，获得额外的支持手段可以让人们解决传统临床环境中无法处理的问题。3 单独的自我管理可能会令人疲惫、孤立、难以承受，并且对心理健康造成影响。同伴支持为患有慢性健康问题的人提供了一种宝贵的方法，帮助他们学会忍受和管理日常复杂的病情，让他们有信心、知识和支持来做到这一点。 45 本文概述了同伴支持、它在长期病情管理中的地位，以及与患者讨论它的技巧。同伴支持是两个或更多具有共同生活经历的人之间的联系。它可以采取自发或安排的一对一互动、伙伴计划或小组活动的形式（表 1）。会议可以面对面（例如辅导和信息共享）、虚拟（博客或在线社区、关注标签或社区的特定成员，或通过访问小组谈话或播客）或正式小组（自我管理教育、半结构化支持小组、小组咨询/诊所）。查看此表： 表 1 同伴支持的类型 同伴支持可以是……