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Healthcare Chaplaincy for Geriatric Patients: A Quasi‑Experimental Study into the Outcomes of Catholic Chaplaincy Interventions in Belgium KU Leuven
The present non-randomized clinical trial examined the short-term outcomes of one-on-one chaplaincy interventions with 416 geriatric patients in Belgium. Participants were interviewed one or two days before a potential chaplaincy intervention (baseline measurement), and one or two days after a potential intervention (post-measurement). Patients in the non-randomized intervention group received an intervention by the chaplain, while the ...
Negotiating Catholic Sexual Ethics Catholic Women’s Experiences of Sexuality and Reproduction KU Leuven
Looking back on a life of faith. Qualitative empirical research with Belgian missionary Sisters KU Leuven
Negotiating Catholic Sexual Ethics Catholic Women's Experiences of Sexuality and Reproduction KU Leuven
The outcomes of healthcare chaplaincy on hospitalized patients. A quasi-experimental study in Belgium KU Leuven
Research on the effects of chaplaincy care is scarce and hampered by methodological limitations. Our quasi-experimental study (n = 256 at baseline) aimed to gain insight into the immediate and intermediate impact of chaplaincy care on inpatients’ existential anxiety, peace, anxiety and depressive symptoms. Multilevel modeling was used to analyze the data. After controlling for age, gender, education, (non)religion/(non)belief and religiosity, ...