Kimball Sarah L, Syeda Haniya Saleem, Chergui Houda, Piwowarczyk Linda A, Gould Jennie
Immigrant & Refugee Health Center, Boston Medical Center, 725 Albany Street, Suite 5b, Boston, MA, 02118, USA.
Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights (BCRHHR), Boston Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA.
J Relig Health. 2023 Feb;62(1):55-64. doi: 10.1007/s10943-022-01568-8. Epub 2022 Apr 27.
This Boston-based pilot research was an exploratory study that integrated outpatient chaplaincy into a refugee and immigrant health primary care clinic. Patients were screened for spiritual distress and offered a meeting with chaplaincy interns. Forty-eight patients were seen in clinic, 28 were screened, and 9 met with a chaplain. Most frequent domains of spiritual distress were grief (n = 8), feelings of abandonment (n = 5), guilt (n = 4), betrayal (n = 4), fear of death (n = 3), shame (n = 3), and trust (n = 3). Faith was relevant to treatment decision-making for 6 patients. It was found that outpatient chaplaincy services are a feasible intervention to address spiritual distress in immigrant and refugee patients.
这项基于波士顿的试点研究是一项探索性研究，将门诊牧师关怀服务纳入了一家难民和移民健康初级保健诊所。对患者进行精神痛苦筛查，并安排他们与牧师实习生会面。诊所接待了48名患者，其中28名接受了筛查，9名与牧师进行了会面。精神痛苦最常见的领域是悲伤（n = 8）、被遗弃感（n = 5）、内疚（n = 4）、背叛（n = 4）、对死亡的恐惧（n = 3）、羞耻（n = 3）和信任（n = 3）。6名患者的信仰与治疗决策相关。研究发现，门诊牧师关怀服务是解决移民和难民患者精神痛苦的一种可行干预措施。
