Weill Medical College of Cornell University
This study aims to determine the effects of 2 spiritual care interventions. Spiritual wellness and healthcare service utilization will be measured from a sample of advanced cancer patients recruited from outpatient settings.
This study is a stratified permuted-block RCT to determine the effects of 2 spiritual care interventions on advanced cancer patients' spiritual wellness (i.e., spiritual well-being and satisfaction of spiritual care needs) and specific forms of healthcare service utilization (i.e., hospice enrollment and ICU admissions) in a sample of advanced cancer patients (N=288) recruited from outpatient settings. Patients will be assigned to "Spiritual Care Intervention #1" (active 1), "Spiritual Care Intervention #2" (active 2), or "Spiritual Care Intervention #3" (control) arm of the trial (overall rat…
1. Diagnosed with an advanced cancer. 2. Member of a religious faith community organization. 3. Fluent in English. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Received spiritual care from a healthcare chaplain within the past 2 months. 2. Too weak or cognitively impaired to engage in study activities.
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