Moral sensitivity of nursing students. Adaptation and validation of the moral sensitivity questionnaire in Spain


Por: Jiménez-Herrera MF, Font-Jimenez I, Bazo-Hernández L, Roldan-Merino J, Biurrun A and Hurtado B

Publicada: 1 ene 2022 Ahead of Print: 16 jun 2022
Categoría: Multidisciplinary

Resumen:
Ethical sensitivity is a requirement for people care as well as for decision-making in everyday practice. The aim is to present an adaptation and transcultural validation -in Spanish- of the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire by Lutzen et al. in Spain. In addition to that, we provide a practical implementation analysing the degree of moral sensitivity of nursing students. The data used for data collection were moral Sensitivity Questionnaire, socio-demographic data and a self-report questionnaire. The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were assessed, including validity and reliability. Fit indices of the overall model were computed. The fit indices of the Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) indicate a poor fit, although the Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) revealed two dimensions that show a better fit of its indices. Women and those women with more experience in the clinical setting have a higher mean score, as well as those who study in centers where the strategic lines are the humanization of care. Female nursing students with more experience in the clinical setting and with more educational training present higher sensitivity indexes, as well as those who study in centers where the strategic lines are the humanization of care. The findings confirm that the Lutzen et al. questionnaire is multidimensional. In the Spanish sample, it was necessary to group the three initial factors into two: sense of moral burden and moral strength-grouping the moral responsibility items into the above items to make the instrument more resilient.

Filiaciones:
Jiménez-Herrera MF:
 Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Font-Jimenez I:
 Universidad Europea de Madrid Campus de Villaviciosa de Odón, Madrid, Spain

Bazo-Hernández L:
 Universitat Rovira I Virgili, Tarragona, Spain

Roldan-Merino J:
 Campus Docent, Sant Joan de Déu - Fundació Privada, School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 Research Group GIES (Grupo de investigación en Enfermería, Educación y Sociedad), Barcelona, Spain

 Research Group GEIMAC (Consolidated Group 2017-1681: Group of Studies of Invarianza of the Instruments of Measurement and Analysis of Change in the Social and Health Areas), Barcelona, Spain

Biurrun A:
 Campus Docent, Sant Joan de Déu - Fundació Privada, School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 Research Group GIES (Grupo de investigación en Enfermería, Educación y Sociedad), Barcelona, Spain

Hurtado B:
 Campus Docent, Sant Joan de Déu - Fundació Privada, School of Nursing, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

 Research Group GIES (Grupo de investigación en Enfermería, Educación y Sociedad), Barcelona, Spain

 Member Research Group GRIN (Grupo consolidado de recerca Infermeria, SRG:664), Barcelona, Spain
ISSN: 19326203





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WOS Id: 000843613300123
ID de PubMed: 35709171
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