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

ABSTRACT: 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 Lützén 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 th

SUBMITTER: Jimenez-Herrera MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202884 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature