An observational study in Spiritual Wellness, sponsored by AdventHealth. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2021-05-06.
Sponsored by AdventHealth · Observational
The primary objective of this thematic analysis is to understand the experience of "Compassion Rounds" for patients, families, friends, and clinicians. The secondary objective of this study is to evaluate and interpret data to determine best practice recommendations for standardization and scalability.
This research will be conducted as a Thematic Analysis. Participants will be recruited from those who take part in compassion rounds, including patients, their loved ones, physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, and other care providers.
Qualitative data on participants' experiences throughout the intervention will be collected and analyzed using thematic methodology. The data will be used to explain the psychosocial processes that influence participant experience and reported outcomes.
Qualitative methodology does not seek to verify hypotheses based on logical assumptions, as quantitative measures do, instead it is used to derive salient constructs directly from the data. This methodology allows inductive understanding of participants' social reality and perceptions of the treatment, resulting in explanations of how the treatment leads to outcomes and the identification of variables that may then be quantified for more generalizable study.
Semi-structured Interviews
Through semi-structured interviews, which will be recorded and transcribed, the researcher asks participants open-ended questions intended to elicit perspectives on their experience of compassion rounds, without limiting responses to pre-determined categories of interest. The following are examples:
"What/who do you remember most vividly?" "How would you describe your experience to a friend?" "What was most meaningful to you? "What made you feel uncomfortable?" "Would you do it again? Why or why not?" "What, if anything, changed after compassion rounding?"
Coding
The researcher codes and documents throughout data collection and analysis to lend transparency to the coding process and to keep a record of ideas to inform thematic exposition. The researcher assigns categorical codes (labels or concepts) to the transcribed responses line-by-line, analyzing patterns of relationships and using a constant comparison technique to identify similarities and differences throughout the data. The following coding techniques will be used to analyze transcriptions:
Theoretical Sampling Grounded theory research uses "theoretical sampling" to identify participants for interviews. Purposive samples are identified to initiate data collection and analysis, and to select participants who are likely to clarify, verify, or contradict data as it is collected. Sampling concludes when the data is "saturated," which occurs when coded categories are well-defined and no new significant insights are emerging from interviews.
Thematic Development and Validation
The researcher develops thematic explanations that stem from rendering participants' experiences throughout the practice of compassion rounding.
Themes are evaluated for fit and relevance and employee participants may be asked to validate the researcher's findings in follow-up interviews and focus groups.
Observation The researcher will also observe compassion rounding to collect data that will provide further insight to participants' experiences. Observations of interactions and reactions in real time will be documented and the data will be coded and analyzed using the techniques described above. Observational data will not be integrated into interview data, but will be used to confirm or contrast reported data.
AdventHealth is the lead sponsor of 107 studies on the registry; 25 are open to participants now.
Of its 5 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (40%) have results posted.
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Participants will be recruited from participants in compassion rounding, including patients, their loved ones, physicians, chaplains, social workers, nurses, and other care providers.
Exclusion Criteria:
interview physicians who have conducted compassion rounds
Other: interview
interview chaplains who have conducted compassion rounds
Other: interview
interview other healthcare providers who have conducted compassion rounds
Other: interview
interview patients who have participated in compassion rounds
Other: interview
interview patient's loved ones who have participated with the patient in compassion rounds
Other: interview
Initial interview and potential follow-up interviews and focus group with Florida Hospital employees. Interview participants in compassion rounds
Validated Thematic Framework to Explain the Effects of Compassion Rounding
Analysis of data collected throughout the study will result in a validated theoretical framework to understand and explain the psychosocial processes that influence participant experience and reported outcomes.
Time frame: five months
Compendium of Evidence-Based Best Practices for the Implementation of Compassion Rounding
Analysis of data collected throughout the study will result in an evidence-based compendium of best practices for the implementation of compassion rounding.
Time frame: five months
Plan to share: No
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