Clinical trial · Interventional
Spiritual Care in Improving Quality of Life of Patients, Caregivers, and Hospital Staff
Archstone Spiritual Care Demonstration Project: Outcomes for Patients, Families, and Staff
NCT01432431CI-TRIAL-00011999completedN/AClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This clinical trial studies spiritual care in improving quality of life of patients, caregivers, and hospital staff. Spiritual care may help understand the impact cancer and its treatment has on patients, caregivers and hospital staff.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malignant Neoplasm | Malignant Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (6)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| counseling intervention | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial assessment and care | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| psychosocial support for caregiver | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| questionnaire administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
| spiritual therapy | Procedure | — | UNRESOLVED |
| survey administration | Other | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Supportive care (spiritual care)
- description
- See Detailed Description.
- interventionNames
- Procedure: spiritual therapy
- Other: questionnaire administration
- Other: survey administration
- Other: counseling intervention
- Other: psychosocial support for caregiver
- Procedure: psychosocial assessment and care
Primary outcomes (6)
- measure
- Change over time in number of unduplicated palliative care patients screened for spiritual concerns and spiritual history
- timeFrame
- At baseline and quarterly for one year
- description
- Nonparametric Mann-Whitney University test will be used to test for differences between cohorts of patients and of families at the two different measurement points. The Wilcoxon paired nonparametric test will be used to test for change over time for staff survey results.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Admitted during the study quarter * Admitted \>= 5 days * English speaking * Alert and able to answer questions Exclusion Criteria: * Non-cancer diagnosis * Previously accrued to study
References
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