Claxton-Oldfield Stephen, McCaffrey-Noviss Willa, Hicks Robert
1 Department of Psychology, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, Canada.
Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2018 Dec;35(12):1532-1539. doi: 10.1177/1049909118785370. Epub 2018 Jul 9.
Two studies were conducted to explore how to engage male volunteers in hospice palliative care. Four male hospice palliative care volunteers were interviewed in study 1. The men agreed that a direct approach is best when it comes to recruiting male volunteers, especially a personal story or testimonial. Two different volunteer position descriptions were created for study 2: one description was similar to what might appear on a community-based hospice palliative care program's web site or in a newspaper ad looking for visiting hospice palliative care volunteers; the other description was in the form of a personal testimonial ostensibly written by a male hospice palliative care volunteer describing his role through examples of interactions he has had with patients and patients' family members. Twenty-five males responded to each description. Both of the descriptions generated low and nonsignificantly different levels of interest in becoming a hospice palliative care volunteer. Believing this work to be too emotionally demanding and not having enough time for volunteering were the two most commonly given reasons for not wanting to become a hospice palliative care volunteer. Suggestions for future recruitment efforts are discussed.
开展了两项研究以探索如何让男性志愿者参与临终关怀与姑息治疗。研究1采访了四名男性临终关怀与姑息治疗志愿者。这些男性一致认为，在招募男性志愿者时，直接的方式是最好的，尤其是个人故事或推荐。研究2创建了两种不同的志愿者职位描述：一种描述类似于社区临终关怀与姑息治疗项目网站上或报纸广告中寻找临终关怀与姑息治疗探访志愿者的内容；另一种描述是以个人推荐的形式呈现，表面上是由一名男性临终关怀与姑息治疗志愿者撰写，通过他与患者及患者家属互动的例子来描述他的角色。二十五名男性对每种描述做出了回应。两种描述在成为临终关怀与姑息治疗志愿者方面所引发的兴趣水平都较低且差异不显著。认为这项工作情感要求过高以及没有足够时间做志愿者是最常给出的两个不想成为临终关怀与姑息治疗志愿者的原因。文中讨论了对未来招募工作的建议。
