Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 312
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Number of meetings/conversations pertaining to each theme identified
研究概览
简要总结
In 2019, a full-time chaplain was placed in the Golden Cross Academic Clinic (GCAC), with the chaplain's focus being in the primary care internal medicine department. While research exists regarding chaplains in the inpatient setting, research regarding the presence of a full-time chaplain in a primary care setting as well as the topics patients discuss with that chaplain are limited.
详细描述
A few studies conducted in the hospital setting have shown what topics patients typically discuss with a chaplain. In the article, "Patients and Loved Ones' Expectations of Chaplain Services. Munchausen and colleagues present that the two highest-rated services performed by chaplains were spiritual and emotional support. This study also found that patients wanted to see a chaplain for the following reasons: to be listened to, to be with in times of anxiety, to offer support to loves ones, to remind of God's care and presence, to pray, for religious rituals, to assist with the understanding of advance care planning documents, and to counsel regarding moral or ethical decisions.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Other
- 时间视角
- Retrospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 75 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •• Patient at the GCAC who are > 18 years old
- •Met with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC
排除标准
- •• Patient did not meet with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC
结局指标
主要结局
Number of meetings/conversations pertaining to each theme identified
时间窗: 1 year
Theme identified for the number of meetings/conservations
Number of times chaplain is requested by patient or provider
时间窗: 1 year
Number of request from the patients or provider for chaplain
Usefulness, feasibility, and reception of screening mechanism for GCAC staff
时间窗: 1 year
Develop a screening mechanism that allow GCAC staff to identify patients who could benefit from spiritual and emotional support.
Themes discussed during meeting between chaplain and patient
时间窗: 1 year
Explore themes from patient conversations with a chaplain
次要结局
未报告次要终点