Providing spiritual care to cancer patients in the outpatient context: a pilot study.
| Autor: | Muehlhausen, Beth L., Chappelle, Christa, DeLaney, Allison, Peacock, David, Stratton, R. Greg, Fitchett, George |
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STATISTICAL correlation
OUTPATIENT services in hospitals DATA analysis T-test (Statistics) CANCER patient medical care PILOT projects HUMANITY PSYCHOLOGICAL adaptation DESCRIPTIVE statistics MANN Whitney U Test CHI-squared test LISTENING PSYCHOLOGY & religion SPIRITUAL care (Medical care) SPIRITUALITY RESEARCH STATISTICS CANCER patient psychology SOCIAL support HOSPITAL chaplains MEDICAL referrals WELL-being |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy; Jul-Sep2024, Vol. 30 Issue 3, p153-166, 14p |
| Abstrakt: | The aim of this pilot study was to test an effort to provide spiritual care (SC) to oncology outpatients in the Ascension healthcare system. Medical providers referred patients who would benefit from spiritual and emotional support. Twenty-seven cancer outpatients from 5 states were enrolled in the project. Based on the chaplain assessment, 45% of the patients had moderate or severe spiritual concerns. On average patients had 4 sessions with a chaplain (range 2–9). Of the 136 chaplain sessions, 56% were in-person in the clinic and 35% were by phone. The most common chaplain activities were active listening (87% of the sessions) and demonstrate caring and concern (55%). For the 20 patients who provided follow-up data, there were decreases in all measures of religious/spiritual distress, though statistically insignificant, and a marginally significant increase (p <.054) in well-being. The study adds to the emerging literature that describes the importance of SC in the outpatient context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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