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NCT Number: NCT04261751

Moral Injury Symptom Scale/Moral Injury Outcome Scale

The purpose of this research is to validate the moral injury symptom scale clinician version short form and the Moral Injury Outcome Scale in nurses. Participants will be recruited in accordance with AdventHealth Policy # 400.120: Selection and Enrollment of AdventHealth Employees, Physicians, and Volunteers for research Studies. Employee participants will be assured participation in this study will not affect performance evaluation or employment-related decisions by peers or supervisors. No employees will be recruited by a direct supervisor. Recruitment of potential employees as participants will occur without coercion by the Principal Investigator (PI), by bulletin board advertisements, or through a third party unassociated in a power/supervisory relationship with the employee (i.e., researchers from Center for Whole-Person Research).

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Key information

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

AdventHealth Orlando

Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Currently working as a registered nurse (Licensed Practical Nurse, Registered Nurse, Assistant Nurse Manager, Nurse Manager, Nurse Educator) at identified hospital within the state of Florida
  • Access to computer or mobile device to complete the survey
  • Ability to read and understand English

Exclusion criteria

  • Any employee at identified hospitals who is not a licensed nurse

Treatment and study plan

Clinician Questionnaire

Other

Nurses will take the Clinician Questionnaire electronically

Primary outcomes

  1. Moral Injury

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by the Moral Injury Outcome Scale & functional outcomes (23 items), and the Moral Injury Symptom Scale - Clinician Version - Short Form (MISS-CV-SF) 11 items. The scale is 10 - 100 with the higher number being worse.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Spiritual Wholeness

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by Spiritual Wholeness Screening 4 items (yes/no)

  2. Social involvement/Social Support

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by 1 social support/social involvement item

  3. Depression

    Time frame: 1 day

    measured by the PhQ-9 Depression scale (9 items)

  4. Burnout

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by Stanford Professional Fulfillment Index (16 items), and the MBI (22 items)

  5. Anxiety

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by GAD-7 (7 items)

  6. Spiritual Well Being

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by FACIT-SP (12 items)

  7. Moral injury

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by the Moral Injury Events Scale (9 items) and the Expressions of Moral Injury Scale (17 items)

  8. PTSD

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by PCL-5 (20 items)

  9. Post-traumatic growth

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by Post-Traumatic Growth Inventory (21 items0

  10. Nurse Job Satisfaction

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by the Nurse Job Satisfaction Scale (10 items)

  11. Satisfaction with care/time demands

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by 1 item

  12. Prevalence of aggression

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by Perception of Prevalence of Aggression Scale (adapted) 11 items

  13. Discrimination

    Time frame: 1 Day

    measured by Everyday Discrimination Scale (10 items)

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

AdventHealth

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Validation of the Moral Injury Symptom Scale Clinician Version Short Form and Moral Injury Outcome Scale in Nurses

Acronym: MISS MIOS

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2023
Study completion
2023
First posted
Feb 10, 2020
Registry last updated
Oct 6, 2023

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