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Table 2 Moral distress reported by respondents by group

From: Barriers and facilitators to person-centred infection prevention and control: results of a survey about the Dementia Isolation Toolkit

 

Total respondents

(N = 207)

Not familiar with DIT (n = 72)

Familiar with the DIT (n = 70)

Used the DIT

(n = 65)

Pearsons chi2 (p-value)

Amount of Moral distress

    

2.3, df=8

(0.971)

None at all

16 (8%)

4 (6%)

6 (9%)

6 (9%)

 

A small amount

51 (25%)

15 (21%)

20 (29%)

16 (25%)

 

A moderate amount

70 (34%)

25 (36%)

23 (33%)

22 (34%)

 

A large amount

47 (23%)

19 (27%)

14 (20%)

14 (22%)

 

An extremely large amount

20 (10%)

7 (10%)

7 (10%)

6 (9%)

 

Change in Moral distress

    

9.4, df=8

(0.311)

Significantly decreased

2 (1%)

1 (2%)

0

1 (2%)

 

Somewhat decreased

6 (3%)

1 (2%)

3 (5%)

2 (3%)

 

About the same

21 (11%)

11 (17%)

4 (6%)

6 (10%)

 

Somewhat increased

92 (49%)

27 (42%)

31 (48%)

34 (59%)

 

Significantly increased

66 (35%)

25 (38%)

26 (41%)

15 (26%)

 

Moral distress impacting job satisfaction

    

12.0, df=8

(0.149)

Not at all

19 (9%)

9 (14%)

7 (11%)

3 (5%)

 

A small amount

42 (20%)

10 (15%)

18 (26%)

14 (22%)

 

A moderate amount

45 (22%)

15 (23%)

12 (17%)

18 (28%)

 

A large amount

49 (24%)

15 (23%)

18 (26%)

16 (25%)

 

An extremely large amount

32 (15%)

17 (26%)

9 (13%)

6 (9%)

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