Advancement of the German version of the moral distress scale for acute care nurses—A mixed methods study

Abstract

The descriptive results of the first survey's participants (<i>n </i>=<i> </i>2153; response rate: 44%) indicated that moral distress is a salient phenomenon in Switzerland. The data from the focus group interviews and the Rasch analysis produced information valuable for the questionnaire's further development. Alongside the data from the second survey's participants (<i>n </i>=<i> </i>1965; response rate: 40%), the Rasch analysis confirmed the elimination of previous deficiencies on its psychometrics. A Rasch-scaled German version of the Moral Distress Scale is now available for use.