Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

Emotional Disorder Clinical Trial

Official title:

Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT06225219
• Other study ID #: 024.CHP.2022.D
• Status: Recruiting
• Start date: June 20, 2023
• Est. completion date: June 24, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: January 2024
• Source: Methodist Health System
• Contact: Bethany Brauer, MPH
• Phone: 214-947-4681
• Email: MHSIRB[@]mhd.com
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Description:

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: June 24, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: June 20, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 75 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• • Patient at the GCAC who are > 18 years old

• Met with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

Exclusion Criteria:

• • Patient did not meet with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Emotional Disorder

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Counseling
To introduce a model of holistic care to the patient populations served by the GCAC through chaplain interventions that focus on spiritual and emotional health.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Methodist Dallas Medical Center	Dallas	Texas

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Methodist Health System

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Number of times chaplain is requested by patient or provider	Number of request from the patients or provider for chaplain	1 year
Primary	Usefulness, feasibility, and reception of screening mechanism for GCAC staff	Develop a screening mechanism that allow GCAC staff to identify patients who could benefit from spiritual and emotional support.	1 year
Primary	Themes discussed during meeting between chaplain and patient	Explore themes from patient conversations with a chaplain	1 year
Primary	Number of meetings/conversations pertaining to each theme identified	Theme identified for the number of meetings/conservations	1 year