Inpatient pediatric chaplain service utilization among children with chronic, non-cancer diseases.
| Autor: | Case, Hannah, Benning, Tyler, Lovig, Zachary, Girard, Jeramy, Thorvilson, Megan, Fischer, Philip R., Homme, Jason |
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STATISTICS
STATISTICAL significance CONFIDENCE intervals SAMPLE size (Statistics) SPIRITUALITY CHRONIC diseases CHILDREN'S hospitals CRITICALLY ill PATIENTS RETROSPECTIVE studies HOSPITAL chaplains PSYCHOSOCIAL factors DESCRIPTIVE statistics LOGISTIC regression analysis DATA analysis software HOSPITAL care of children CHAPLAINS SPIRITUAL care (Medical care) CHILDREN |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy; Oct-Dec2022, Vol. 28 Issue 4, p578-590, 13p, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs |
| Abstrakt: | Despite the broad importance of pediatric spiritual care, most research focuses on oncologic and palliative care contexts. We aim to describe the utilization of pediatric chaplain services by children hospitalized for non-cancer chronic illnesses and to identify factors that predict utilization of chaplain services. Among 629 patients with 915 admissions, we found chaplain services were utilized in 5.0% of admissions. Utilization was similar between religiously affiliated patients (7.5%, 95%CI [5.3–10.6%]) and un-affiliated patients (6.4%, [3.6–11.0%]). Christian patients (7.3% [5.1–10.5%]) demonstrated similar utilization as non-Christian patients (7.0% [4.3–11.2%]). Utilization was significantly higher among patients with LOS >2 days (10.8% [7.9–14.6%]), compared to LOS ≤2 (1.7% [0.9–3.1%]). These results may represent an addressable gap in spiritual care, and they highlight an opportunity for pediatric chaplains to play a larger role in the holistic care of hospitalized children with chronic diseases, regardless of religious affiliation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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