Spiritual care in the outpatient environment for chronically ill older African American patients: Protocol for a pilot feasibility study

• Melinda Xu ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: melindax@uab.edu

  Affiliation School of Health Professions, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2904-8683

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• Adrianne Smiley,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Occupational Therapy, School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Anita Aboagye,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Education and Health Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Tamara Nix Parker,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Kameron Phillips,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Kwaku Duah Oppong,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, United States of America

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• Alexia M. Torke,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstreif Institute Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Evans Center for Spiritual and Religious Values in Healthcare, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

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• Shelley Varner Perez,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Regenstreif Institute Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Evans Center for Spiritual and Religious Values in Healthcare, Indiana University Health, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6024-8604

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• Sarah Khalidi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• George Fitchett,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Religion, Health and Human Values, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

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• Raegan W. Durant,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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• Deborah Ejem

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Nursing, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

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