Moral distress thermometer : Swedish translation, cultural adaptation and validation

• Published in: Nursing Ethics
• Main Authors: Fischer Grönlund, Catarina, Isaksson, Ulf, Brännström, Margareta
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Umeå universitet, Institutionen för omvårdnad 2023
• Subjects: health care professionals; instrument; moral distress; questionnaire; translation; validation; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Howell; Northern Sweden
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-215080; https://doi.org/10.1177/09697330231197707

Background: Moral distress is a problem and negative experience among health-care professionals. Various instruments have been developed to measure the level and underlying reasons for experienced moral distress. The moral distress thermometer (MDT) is a single-tool instrument to capture the level o...