Moral Sensitivity and Emotional Intelligence in Intensive Care Unit Nurses
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Participants
2.3. Research Tools
2.3.1. Self-Report Questionnaires
2.3.2. Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale-Version into Chinese (WLEIS-C)
2.3.3. Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire-Revised Version into Chinese (MSQ-R-CV)
2.4. Data Analysis
2.5. Ethical Consideration
3. Results
3.1. Sample Description
3.2. The Status of Moral Sensitivity of ICU Nurses and Its Relationship with EI
3.3. Multiple Linear Regression
4. Discussion
4.1. Impact on Practice
4.2. Study Limitations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
EI | Emotional Intelligence |
MSQ-R-CV | The Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire-Revised Version into Chinese |
WLEIS-C | Wong and Law Emotional Intelligence Scale Version into Chinese |
SEA | Self-emotion appraisal |
ROE | Regulation of emotion |
UOE | Use of emotion |
OEA | Others’ emotion appraisal |
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Variables | Scale (n, %) | MSQ-R-CV Score Mean ± SD | p | t/F |
---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | 0.535 | −0.626 | ||
Male | 33 (8.2%) | 38.42 ± 9.63 | ||
Female | 371 (91.8%) | 39.50 ± 6.96 | ||
Age (years) | 0.009 * | 4.786 | ||
≤25 | 88 (21.8%) | 37.58 ± 6.97 | ||
26 ≤ t ≤ 35 | 252 (62.4%) | 39.62 ± 7.08 | ||
≥36 | 64 (15.8%) | 41.09 ± 7.59 | ||
Religious beliefs | 0.371 | −0.897 | ||
Yes | 14 (3.5%) | 37.71 ± 10.33 | ||
No | 390 (96.5%) | 39.47 ± 7.08 | ||
Marital status | 0.003 * | 5.746 | ||
Unmarried | 138 (34.2%) | 37.89 ± 7.08 | ||
Married | 252 (62.4%) | 40.06 ± 7.10 | ||
Divorced | 14 (3.5%) | 42.79 ± 7.98 | ||
Having children | <0.001 * | 3.747 | ||
Yes | 230 (56.9%) | 40.56 ± 7.19 | ||
No | 174 (43.1%) | 37.89 ± 6.96 | ||
Hospital level | 0.168 | 1.382 | ||
Tertiary hospital | 365 (90.3%) | 39.57 ± 7.32 | ||
Secondary hospital | 39 (9.7%) | 37.90 ± 5.84 | ||
Years working in an ICU | 0.020 * | 3.973 | ||
≤1 | 72 (17.8%) | 39.47 ± 7.40 | ||
1 < t ≤ 10 | 278 (68.8%) | 38.91 ± 7.18 | ||
>10 | 54 (13.4%) | 41.91 ± 6.65 | ||
Average night shifts per month | 0.100 | −1.647 | ||
≤8 | 297 (73.5%) | 39.06 ± 6.99 | ||
9≤ t ≤ 20 | 107 (26.5%) | 40.39 ± 7.71 | ||
Education level | 0.178 | 1.736 | ||
Junior college | 81 (20.0%) | 38.93 ± 6.86 | ||
Bachelor’s degree | 310 (76.7%) | 39.39 ± 7.36 | ||
Master’s or above | 13 (3.2%) | 42.92 ± 4.35 | ||
Professional category | 0.009 * | 3.869 | ||
Nurse | 74 (18.3%) | 39.74 ± 7.65 | ||
Senior nurse | 176 (43.6%) | 38.17 ± 7.09 | ||
Supervising nurse | 133 (32.9%) | 40.41 ± 7.15 | ||
Deputy director of nursing or above | 21 (5.2%) | 42.33 ± 5.05 | ||
Work intensity | 0.904 | 0.101 | ||
More relaxed and average | 39 (9.6%) | 39.56 ± 6.95 | ||
Tiring | 247 (61.1%) | 39.51 ± 6.84 | ||
Very tiring | 118 (29.2%) | 39.16 ± 8.03 | ||
Having received ethics courses at university | 0.305 | 1.028 | ||
Yes | 216 (53.5%) | 39.75 ± 7.17 | ||
No | 188 (46.5%) | 39.02 ± 7.25 | ||
Having received ethics training in a hospital or their department | 0.046 * | 2.001 | ||
Yes | 137 (33.9%) | 40.41 ± 6.93 | ||
No | 267 (66.1%) | 38.90 ± 7.30 |
Variables | MSQ-R-CV Score | SEA | ROE | UOE | OEA | WLEIS-C Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
MSQ-R-CV Score | 1 | |||||
SEA | 0.586 ** | 1 | ||||
ROE | 0.506 ** | 0.783 ** | 1 | |||
UOE | 0.583 ** | 0.836 ** | 0.781 ** | 1 | ||
OEA | 0.542 ** | 0.779 ** | 0.778 ** | 0.783 ** | 1 | |
WLEIS-C score | 0.603 ** | 0.924 ** | 0.914 ** | 0.925 ** | 0.908 ** | 1 |
Variables | Unstandardized Coefficient | Standardization Coefficient Beta | t | p | R2 | F | p | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
B | Standard Error | |||||||
0.384 | 82.967 | <0.001 | ||||||
(Constant) | 17.486 | 1.921 | 9.104 | <0.001 | ||||
WLEIS-C | 0.385 | 0.047 | 0.811 | 8.256 | <0.001 | |||
ROE | −0.397 | 0.161 | −0.241 | −2.470 | 0.014 | |||
Having children | −1.351 | 0.581 | −0.093 | −2.327 | 0.020 |
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Ye, B.; Luo, E.; Zhang, J.; Chen, X.; Zhang, J. Moral Sensitivity and Emotional Intelligence in Intensive Care Unit Nurses. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19, 5132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095132
Ye B, Luo E, Zhang J, Chen X, Zhang J. Moral Sensitivity and Emotional Intelligence in Intensive Care Unit Nurses. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2022; 19(9):5132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095132
Chicago/Turabian StyleYe, Biyun, Esther Luo, Jie Zhang, Xuelei Chen, and Jingping Zhang. 2022. "Moral Sensitivity and Emotional Intelligence in Intensive Care Unit Nurses" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 9: 5132. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19095132