None listed
Conditions
Interventions
Meeting with the chaplain: individual conversation/ group conversation / ritual
Sponsors
None listed
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients / clients / residents of the participating institutions that have been hospitalized for at least three days. 2) Participants has to understand Dutch. 3) Participants must have the opportunity to express themselves in writing or verbally.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Persons under 18 years of age 2) Persons with dementia 3) Persons in a terminal phase 4) Persons who are not conscious 5) Persons with aphasia 6) Persons in acute crisis (eg very urgent admission to psychiatry, patients in emergency care). 7) In the hospitals and the nursing and care homes, people with psychological problems are excluded from the research.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The effect of the work of chaplains in the Netherlands on the basis of PROMs (patient reported outcome measure). To make clear the difference chaplains make on the basis of both quantitative outcome measures (fear, general well-being, mental well-being...) and qualitative outcome measures (how do patients / clients / residents experience the conversation with the chaplain?). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) Understanding the relationship between the personal experience of the chaplain and the effect of the intervention. 2) Checking the relationship between self-reported spirituality / religion / philosophy of life and the effect of the intervention of the chaplain. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactProf. Dr. Anne Vandenhoeck
KU Leuven Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies
Outcome results
None listed