{"title":"[Which distinguishing features characterize self-help groups? A grid for description and research].","authors":"Thomas Kliche, Elina Touil","doi":"10.1007/s00063-010-1124-9","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of self-help groups. One research barrier is their heterogeneity. For this reason, characteristics of self-help groups were extracted by means of a conceptual review from three relevant fields of knowledge (outcome studies, health care supply research, practical experiences in implementing self-help groups). As a structure for the characteristics, QIP (\"Quality in Prevention\", an evidence-based quality assurance system for the assessment of health promotion and education) was used. The resulting taxonomy of 91 characteristics includes all distinguishing marks of self-help groups which, according to the evidence, may contribute to the groups' effectiveness. The methodological quality of evidence, however, was low (mostly expert-based opinion). The taxonomy may assist in systematic analyses of structural, procedural and outcome-quality, for example in evaluations or in health care supply studies.</p>","PeriodicalId":18420,"journal":{"name":"Medizinische Klinik","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2010-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1007/s00063-010-1124-9","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Medizinische Klinik","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00063-010-1124-9","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2010/10/28 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
There is limited evidence on the effectiveness of self-help groups. One research barrier is their heterogeneity. For this reason, characteristics of self-help groups were extracted by means of a conceptual review from three relevant fields of knowledge (outcome studies, health care supply research, practical experiences in implementing self-help groups). As a structure for the characteristics, QIP ("Quality in Prevention", an evidence-based quality assurance system for the assessment of health promotion and education) was used. The resulting taxonomy of 91 characteristics includes all distinguishing marks of self-help groups which, according to the evidence, may contribute to the groups' effectiveness. The methodological quality of evidence, however, was low (mostly expert-based opinion). The taxonomy may assist in systematic analyses of structural, procedural and outcome-quality, for example in evaluations or in health care supply studies.
关于自助团体的有效性的证据有限。研究的一个障碍是它们的异质性。因此,通过对三个相关知识领域(结果研究、卫生保健供应研究、实施自助小组的实践经验)的概念回顾,提取了自助小组的特征。QIP (Quality in Prevention)是一种以证据为基础的质量保证体系,用于评估健康促进和教育工作。由此产生的91个特征的分类包括了自助团体的所有显著标志,根据证据,这些标志可能有助于团体的有效性。然而,证据的方法学质量较低(主要是基于专家的意见)。分类法有助于系统地分析结构、程序和结果质量,例如在评价或卫生保健供应研究中。