Palliative Care Unit, School of Public Health and Human Biosciences, La Trobe University, City Campus, 215 Franklin Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia,
J Relig Health. 2014 Oct;53(5):1562-74. doi: 10.1007/s10943-013-9748-4.
This paper summarizes the results of 100 New Zealand health care chaplains with regard to their involvement in issues concerning pain control within the New Zealand health care context. Both quantitative (via survey) and qualitative methods (in-depth interviewing) were utilized. The findings of this study indicated that approximately 52 % of surveyed hospital chaplains had provided some form of pastoral intervention directly to patients and/or their families dealing with issues concerning pain and that approximately 30 % of hospital chaplains had assisted clinical staff with issues concerning pain. NZ chaplaincy personnel involved in pain-related issues utilized a number of pastoral interventions to assist patients, their families and clinical staff. Differences of involvement between professionally stipended hospital chaplains and their volunteer chaplaincy assistants are noted, as are the perspectives of interviewed chaplains about their pastoral interventions with issues relating to pain. Some implications of this study with respect to chaplaincy utility, training and collaboration with clinical staff are noted, as are comparisons with international findings.
本文总结了 100 名新西兰医疗保健牧师在新西兰医疗保健背景下参与疼痛控制问题的情况。本研究采用了定量（通过调查）和定性方法（深入访谈）。研究结果表明，约 52%的接受调查的医院牧师曾直接为处理疼痛问题的患者及其家属提供过某种形式的牧师干预，约 30%的医院牧师曾协助临床工作人员处理疼痛问题。参与与疼痛相关问题的新西兰牧师事务人员使用了一些牧师干预措施来帮助患者、他们的家人和临床工作人员。本文还注意到专业薪酬医院牧师和他们的志愿牧师助理之间的参与差异，以及访谈牧师对他们与疼痛相关问题的牧师干预的看法。本文还注意到了这项研究对牧师事务的效用、培训以及与临床工作人员合作的一些影响，并与国际研究结果进行了比较。
