Patient Experiences of an Acute Hospital Chaplaincy Service v2
Research type
Research Study
Full title
An Interpretive Phenomenological Study of Patients Experiences of Using or Not Using an Acute Hospital Chaplaincy Service
IRAS ID
236711
Contact name
Elizabeth Allison
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Leeds Beckett University
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 6 months, 31 days
Research summary
Research within hospital chaplaincy has not been extensive and the majority of research has focussed on what chaplains do from a chaplain’s perspective (Mowat and Swinton 2005, Nolan 2011). Recently there have been a few studies that have documented patients experience particularly in the area of baby loss (Newitt 2013, Campbell 2013). Generally informal feedback from chaplaincy service users is that they have found the service beneficial but little research has been found that gives voice to the patient/user experience and none that records the non-user of chaplaincy services experience.
The study will involve semi-structured interviews with patients who have accessed the chaplaincy service and those who have not. Any inpatient who is over 18 years of age and has capacity will be able to participate. Patients will be invited to participate in the study by a member of the hospital chaplaincy team. If they agree then their details will be passed to the researcher who will contact them and arrange to discuss the study, receive consent and conduct a 30-60minute semi-structured interview at a time and place of the participants choosing. The interview will be audio-recorded, transcribed and anonymised prior to analysis using an interpretive phenomenological methodology.Campbell, C. S. 2013. A hermeneutic phenomenological study of the unique role of NHS hospital chaplaincy in delivering spiritual care to people bereaved by the death of a child. University of Aberdeen.
Mowat, H. & J. Swinton. 2005. What do chaplains do: The role of the chaplain in Meeting the Spiritual Needs of Patients. Aberdeen.
Newitt, M. J. 2013. Ritual, Pastoral Presence, and Character Virtues in Healthcare Chaplaincy: A study of chaplains' support to bereaved parents following the in utero or neonatal death of their baby. Durham Theses: Durham.
Nolan, S. (2011) Hope beyond (redundant) hope: how chaplains work with dying patients. Palliative Medicine, 25, 21-25.REC name
North West - Greater Manchester East Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
18/NW/0268
Date of REC Opinion
17 May 2018
REC opinion
Further Information Favourable Opinion