Linguistic and psychometric validation of a German version of the measure of moral distress for healthcare professionals (MMD-HP GER): results of a study with intensive care nurses
Larissa Forster, Sadhbh Byrne, Hannah Spielmann-Burkard, Susanne Weber, Madeleine von Strachwitz, Katja Kuehlmeyer, Christiane Kugler · 2026
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Larissa Forster and co-authors report a 2026 journal article creating and testing a German version of a questionnaire on moral distress in health care. Moral distress is the discomfort of knowing the ethically right action but being blocked from taking it. Intensive care nurses face it often. The team translated the measure for health care professionals following international guidelines.
They tested it on 187 intensive care nurses in Germany. Scores correlated strongly with an established German distress thermometer, supporting the translation's validity. Analysis suggested four underlying factors, and reliability was high. The authors say the German version looks suitable for measuring moral distress in this group, while calling for independent studies to confirm the factor structure.
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| CREATOR | Larissa Forster, Sadhbh Byrne, Hannah Spielmann-Burkard, Susanne Weber, Madeleine von Strachwitz, Katja Kuehlmeyer, Christiane Kugler |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 52702 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |