Chaplain interventions and outcomes in outpatient settings
A scoping review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22311004 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Petra J Sprik (0000-0003-3097-5995, Department of Health Services Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Birmingham, Alabama, corresponding author), Heather Vanderstelt (Department of Spiritual Care, St. Joseph’s Health Care London, London, Canada), Charles Valenti-Hein (Ascension Healthcare, On Demand Spiritual Care Team, St. Louis, MO, USA), Joseph Denton (Bon Secours Mercy Health), Deadra Ashton (Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 30 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 306-328 |
| Publication date | 2024-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0885-4726 • E-ISSN: 1528-6916 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/08854726.2024.2357042 |
| PMID | 38836429 |
| OpenAlex | W4399360253 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 55 |
As chaplaincy is increasingly practiced in outpatient settings, further understanding is needed of what it entails and is accomplishing within this unique context. This scoping review summarizes 42 articles that describe the types of spiritual care interventions and programs offered by chaplains in outpatient settings, and their outcomes. Findings support that chaplaincy is practiced in outpatient settings, especially in palliative care, oncology, and primary care. Interventions are delivered by chaplains as the sole interventionist, and by interdisciplinary teams with chaplain participants. Results show that outpatient chaplain interventions are feasible and acceptable, with positive psychological and spiritual outcomes. More studies with consistent outcome measurements, and structured chaplain interventions are needed to draw further conclusions about the effectiveness of outpatient chaplain interventions
Family medicine · Palliative care · Pastoral care · Psychological intervention · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Nursing · Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
Conceptualizing spiritual care in the U.S. through chaplain activities in research
Developing and implementing spiritual screening in healthcare
Goals and outcomes of chaplaincy in varying outpatient, primary, and community care contexts
The Family Perspectives Project
Religious Psychopathology
Chaplains in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy
Spirituality in Serious Illness and Health
Acceptability of healthcare interventions
Lifting the Lid on Chaplaincy
Building a New Life
Chaplains and telechaplaincy
Chaplaincy in the outpatient setting-getting from here to there
What Do Chaplains Really Do? II. Interventions in the New York Chaplaincy Study
“Chaplains for Wellbeing” in Primary Care
The Role of the Healthcare Chaplain
The development of an outcome oriented and research informed spiritual care assessment and documentation form for the electronic health record in an adult hospital setting
Patient Religiosity and Desire for Chaplain Services in an Outpatient Primary Care Clinic
Embedding Chaplaincy Services in Primary Care for Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Telephone-Based Chaplaincy Intervention to Decrease Parental Spiritual Struggle
Assessing the effectiveness of intensive outpatient care for Christian missionaries and clergy
Professionalization of Counseling
| Citations per year | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |