Establishing the Chaplain Role in a Primary Care Clinic Setting

NCT06225219 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 024.CHP.2022.D
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 312
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief 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.

Conditions

Emotional Disorder

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (4)

• Number of times chaplain is requested by patient or provider

  Number of request from the patients or provider for chaplain

  1 year

• 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

• Themes discussed during meeting between chaplain and patient

  Explore themes from patient conversations with a chaplain

  1 year

• Number of meetings/conversations pertaining to each theme identified

  Theme identified for the number of meetings/conservations

  1 year

Interventions

Counseling BEHAVIORAL

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.

Also known as: Chaplain interventions, Model of holistic care

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years - 75 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patient at the GCAC who are \> 18 years old • Met with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

You may qualify if:

• Patient at the GCAC who are \> 18 years old
• Met with a member of the on-staff chaplaincy during a visit to GCAC

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Methodist Health System: lead

Study Sites (1)

Methodist Dallas Medical Center

Dallas, Texas, 75203, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Interventions

Counseling

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Mental Health Services; Behavioral Disciplines and Activities; Community Health Services; Health Services; Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services

Study Officials

• Andrew Dowden, PhD

  Methodist Midlothian Medical Center

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: OTHER
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 13, 2023
• First Posted: January 25, 2024
• Study Start: June 20, 2023
• Primary Completion: June 18, 2025
• Study Completion: June 18, 2025
• Last Updated: March 23, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-06

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)