MIND-Study
Linguistic and psychometric validation of the German version of the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals to conduct a national digital cross-sectional study measuring moral distress among critical care nurses - a 3-phase study.This page introduces the MIND study. MIND stands for moral distress among critical care nurses in Germany. This research project is developed in the context of a doctoral thesis and is supported by an interprofessional team.
Project description
The doctoral thesis project is divided into three phases. In the first phase (1), the Measure of Moral Distress for Healthcare Professionals (MMD-HP), developed by Epstein et al. and validated in English, will be translated into German and linguistically validated. In the second phase (2), the psychometric properties will be tested in a pilot study. Subsequently, the instrument, which is then available in German, will be applied in a national digital survey in phase three (3). In addition to providing a valid German-language instrument that reliably measures the frequency and level of moral distress, the aim is to record moral distress among critical care nurses in Germany.
Team
Supervision
Prof. Dr. rer. biol. hum. Christiane Kugler
Prof. Dr. phil. Heike Spaderna