Abstract
Objective
To identify characteristics (1) of high- and low-quality spinal cord injury (SCI)
peer mentors; (2) that should be used to match SCI peer mentors and mentees.
Design
The study was conducted in partnership with three Canadian provincial SCI organizations
using an integrated knowledge translation approach. The Delphi exercise was completed
in three rounds. In Round 1, people with SCI completed a thought-listing exercise
to identify characteristics of high- and low-quality peer mentors and for matching.
In Rounds 2 and 3, people with SCI and community organization staff rated characteristics
from the previous round on an 11-point scale. After the final round, the remaining
characteristics were thematically analyzed.
Setting
Community-based peer mentorship programs in three Canadian provinces.
Participants
People with SCI and SCI community organization staff (Round 1, n=45; Round 2, n=27;
Round 3, n=25).
Interventions
Not applicable.
Main Outcome Measures
Consensus-based list of characteristics.
Results
Participants reached consensus on 215 characteristics of quality peer mentors and
11 characteristics for peer mentor-mentee matching (ICC=0.96). A consensus-based characterization
of high- and low-quality peer mentorship was created and included six overarching
themes: competencies, personality characteristics, emotional state, mentor outlook,
reason for mentoring, and role model.
Conclusion
A consensus-based characterization of quality peer mentorship was co-developed with
input from over 50 members of the SCI community. Findings highlight that peers have
both interpersonal and intrapersonal characteristics that contribute to quality mentorship.
The findings highlighted the importance of matching mentors on lived experience and
shared interests. Findings will inform future research and SCI peer mentorship programs.
Keywords
List of abbreviations:
ICC (intraclass correlation coefficient), IKT (integrated knowledge translation), SCI (spinal cord injury)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Publication history
Published online: May 30, 2019
Footnotes
Disclosures: none.
Supported by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight Development Grant (grant no. 430-2016-00918), Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award (award no. 16910), and a Fonds de Recherche du Québec Santé Chercheur Boursier Junior 1 Award.
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