Moral Injury and Moral Distress among Nurses in German Hospitals
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Moral Distress and/or Moral Injury
- Registration Number
- DRKS00030785
- Lead Sponsor
- Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Postadresse: Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt Pflegedirektion, Abteilung Pflegeentwicklung/Nursing Research
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1165
Inclusion Criteria
a) three-year trained and/or studied (vocational school and/or university), state-certified nursing professionals
b) at the time of the survey, active work in direct patient care in a hospital in Germany
c) German language skills that are sufficient for the potential participants to understand both the study informations and explanation letter and the questionnaire content/questions from the interview guide.
d) Ability to give informed consent: Written consent to participation
Exclusion Criteria
All individuals who do not meet the inclusion criteria above.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Prevalence of Moral Distress and Moral Injury<br>Sub-study I: The primary endpoint is the prevalence of Moral Injury and Moral Distress among nurses in German acute hospitals. Both phenomena will be assessed simultaneously using validated instruments (G-MISS HP; German version of the Moral Distress Scale).<br>Sub-study II: Qualitative study design. The aim is to understand and explore possible correlations between moral distress and moral injury from the perspective of those affected, together with possible predictors of the occurrence of moral distress and moral injury based on the results of sub-study I.<br><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method not applicable.