Article ; Online: Feasibility and acceptability of a telephone-based chaplaincy intervention in a large, outpatient oncology center.
2020 Volume 29, Issue 3, Page(s) 1275–1285
Abstract: ... acceptability of telephone-based chaplaincy with oncology patients. Telephone-based chaplaincy is feasible and ... Patients indicating R/S concern(s) were offered a telephone-based chaplaincy intervention and asked ... intervention that has increasingly been used in recent years, and especially during COVID-19. Telephone-based ...
| Abstract | Purpose: Telechaplaincy (the use of telecommunications and virtual technology to deliver spiritual and religious care by healthcare chaplains or other religious/spiritual leaders) is a relatively novel intervention that has increasingly been used in recent years, and especially during COVID-19. Telephone-based chaplaincy is one mode of telechaplaincy. The purpose of this study was to (1) describe telephone-based chaplaincy interventions delivered as the first point of contact to patients who screen positive for religious/spiritual concern(s) using an electronic data system, and (2) assess the feasibility and acceptability of delivering interventions in an outpatient cancer institute using this methodology. Methods: Patients were screened for religious and spiritual (R/S) concern(s) using an electronic data system. Patients indicating R/S concern(s) were offered a telephone-based chaplaincy intervention and asked to complete a survey assessing acceptability of the intervention. Feasibility and acceptability data were collected. Results: Thirty percent of screened patients indicated R/S concern(s). Telephone-based chaplaincy interventions were offered to 100% of eligible patients, establishing contact with 61% of eligible patients, and offering chaplaincy interventions to 48% of those patients. Survey participants report high acceptability of the offered intervention. Conclusion: This is the first study examining feasibility and acceptability of telephone-based chaplaincy with oncology patients. Telephone-based chaplaincy is feasible and acceptable within an outpatient oncology setting, supporting the promise of this interventional strategy. Further research is needed to refine practices. |
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| MeSH term(s) | COVID-19 ; Clergy ; Feasibility Studies ; Humans ; Neoplasms ; Outpatients ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Surveys and Questionnaires ; Telephone |
| Keywords | covid19 |
| Language | English |
| Publishing date | 2020-07-04 |
| Publishing country | Germany |
| Document type | Journal Article |
| ZDB-ID | 1134446-5 |
| ISSN | 1433-7339 ; 0941-4355 |
| ISSN (online) | 1433-7339 |
| ISSN | 0941-4355 |
| DOI | 10.1007/s00520-020-05598-4 |
| Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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