Research trial: Peer Connect feasibility study update

The Peer Connect study ran alongside the Health Connect Coaching Programme with people attending rheumatology, chronic pain and multiple sclerosis clinics at Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The study was led by the University of Plymouth and funded until spring 2023 by the Torbay Medical Research Fund.

As a feasibility study, this project was designed to explore whether the research could be carried out successfully in practice and whether it was acceptable to those involved. The findings will help determine whether a larger research trial is possible and how best to design it, with the aim of establishing the effectiveness of the Health Connect Coaching Programme.

The feasibility study has now closed and is no longer recruiting participants.

You can visit the University of Plymouth Peer Connect study page for more details.

Thank you to everyone who took part and supported this important work.