Table 2 Strategies used in the interventions
Study | Connection | Flexibility | Linking | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Emotional support | Cultural/ demographic matching | Relationship building | Flexible intensity and duration | Flexible content | Flexible mode of contact | Flexible location | Referrals | Facilitation of other contacts | |
Barlow et al. (2013) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Bolton et al. (2009) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Crespo et al. (2012) | ✓ | ||||||||
Edwards et al. (2013) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Graffy et al. (2004) | |||||||||
Hans et al. (2013) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||
Hans et al. (2018) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Ingram (2013) | ✓ | ||||||||
Kenyon et al. (2016) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
Lee et al. (2008) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
McLeish and Redshaw (2016) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Murphy et al. (2008) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||
Rotheram-Fuller et al. (2017) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Taverno Ross et al. (2018) | ✓ | ||||||||
Thomson et al. (2012a) | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
Thomson et al. (2012b) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Thullen et al. (2014) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
Watt et al. (2009) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
Williams et al. (2017) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||