Improving quality in pastoral care using the Pastoral Care Activity Tracker (PCAT): A feasibility study of a digital tool within an Australian healthcare organization.

IF 16.4 1区化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY

Accounts of Chemical Research Pub Date : 2023-10-01 Epub Date: 2022-07-12 DOI:10.1080/08854726.2022.2091837

Steve Calder, Matthew Andreotta, Thomas Morris, Mustafa Atee

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Abstract

Background: Activity reporting of Pastoral Care Coordinators (PCCs) is often inadequate within care settings because of suboptimal analog data collection methods. This study aims to render pastoral care activity reporting more efficient through digitizing data collection in pastoral care settings.

Methods: A one-year feasibility (pilot) study of a digital tool, the "Pastoral Care Activity Tracker" (PCAT) was conducted between June 1, 2020 and May 31, 2021 at HammondCare, an Australian nonprofit healthcare organization. Feasibility was measured using electronic activity logs collected by the tool and user feedback surveys by PCCs.

Results: Of the 43 PCCs working in the organization, 42 (97.7%) used the PCAT tool to complete the logging of 66,298 pastoral care activities (M [SD] = 1,578.5 [827.8] activities per PCC). Most activities were logged successfully (98.3%) and took less than one minute (89.5%). Survey responses (n = 20, 46.6%) indicated many PCCs found the PCAT more convenient (n = 15, 75.0%) and easier to use (n = 10, 50.0%) than paper-based method.

Conclusions: PCCs found the PCAT to be feasible, favorable, and easier to use for report generation compared to paper-based methods. The feasibility of the PCAT improved pastoral care activity data capture, as perceived by PCCs.

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使用牧师护理活动跟踪器（PCAT）提高牧师护理质量：澳大利亚医疗保健组织内数字工具的可行性研究。

背景：由于模拟数据收集方法不理想，牧师护理协调员（PCCs）的活动报告在护理环境中往往不充分。本研究旨在通过数字化牧场护理环境中的数据收集，提高牧场护理活动报告的效率。方法：2020年6月1日至2021年5月31日，在澳大利亚非营利医疗保健组织HammondCare对数字工具“牧师护理活动跟踪器”（PCAT）进行了为期一年的可行性（试点）研究。使用该工具收集的电子活动日志和PCC的用户反馈调查来衡量可行性。结果：在该组织工作的43个PCC中，42个（97.7%）使用PCAT工具完成了66298项牧业护理活动的记录（每个PCC的M[SD]=1578.5[827.8]项活动）。大多数活动记录成功（98.3%），耗时不到一分钟（89.5%） = 46.6%）表明许多PCCs发现PCAT更方便（n = 15、75.0%）和更易于使用（n = 10、50.0%）。结论：与纸质方法相比，PCCs发现PCAT在报告生成中是可行的、有利的，并且更容易使用。PCCs认为，PCAT的可行性改进了牧业护理活动数据采集。

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Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合

CiteScore

31.40

自引率

1.10%

发文量

312

审稿时长

2 months

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