Physical Therapists’ Ethical and Moral Sensitivity: A STROBE-Compliant Cross-Sectional Study with a Special Focus on Gender Differences
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Design and Setting
2.2. Participants
2.3. Procedure
2.4. Outcomes
2.4.1. Ethical Sensitivity
2.4.2. Moral Sensitivity
2.5. Statistical Analysis
2.6. Ethical Considerations
3. Results
3.1. Ethical Sensitivity
3.2. Moral Sensitivity
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Total n = 75 | Women n = 44 | Men n = 31 | |
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Age, years, mean (SD) | 34.56 (8.68) | 33.21 (7.41) | 36.64 (10.13) |
Gender, frequency (%) | 44 (58.70) | 31 (41.30) | |
Education, frequency (%) | |||
Diploma in Physical Therapy | 24 (32.00) | 13 (29.50) | 11 (35.50) |
Degree in Physical Therapy | 9 (12.00) | 4 (9.10) | 5 (16.10) |
Postgraduation in Physical Therapy | 6 (8.00) | 3 (6.80) | 3 (9.70) |
Master in Physical Therapy | 28 (37.30) | 19 (43.20) | 9 (29.00) |
Doctoral thesis in Physical Therapy | 8 (10.70) | 5 (11.40) | 3 (9.70) |
Previously completed an ethics course, frequency (%) | |||
Yes | 8 (10.70) | 2 (4.50) | 6 (19.40) |
No | 67 (89.30) | 42 (95.50) | 25 (80.60) |
Years of experience as a physical therapist, mean (SD) | 12.23 (8.16) | 11.75 (7.49) | 12.90 (9.16) |
Ethical Sensitivity Scale Questionnaire | Total n = 75 | Women n = 44 | Men n = 31 | p-Value between Groups |
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Dimension 1. Reading and expressing emotions | 4.02 (0.71) | 4.05 (0.71) | 3.97 (0.73) | 0.680 |
Dimension 2. Taking the perspectives of others | 4.61 (0.64) | 4.69 (0.71) | 4.49 (0.52) | 0.183 |
Dimension 3. Caring by connecting with others | 4.27 (0.67) | 4.43 (0.70) | 4.04 (0.56) | 0.012 |
Dimension 4. Working with interpersonal and group differences | 4.24 (0.75) | 4.40 (0.71) | 4.01 (0.77) | 0.028 |
Dimension 5. Preventing social bias | 3.69 (0.63) | 3.76 (0.65) | 3.59 (0.60) | 0.264 |
Dimension 6. Generating interpretations and options | 4.26 (0.69) | 4.38 (0.67) | 4.10 (0.69) | 0.084 |
Dimension 7. Identifying the consequences of actions and options | 3.83 (0.71) | 3.94 (0.69) | 3.69 (0.71) | 0.130 |
Total score | 116.14 (15.87) | 119.21 (16.26) | 111.43 (14.28) | 0.043 |
Revised-Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire | Total n = 75 | Women n = 44 | Men n = 31 | p-Value between Groups |
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Dimension 1. Sense of moral burden | 3.96 (0.90) | 3.87 (0.92) | 4.10 (0.87) | 0.270 |
Dimension 2. Moral strength | 4.97 (0.84) | 4.95 (0.84) | 5.00 (0.86) | 0.820 |
Dimension 3. Moral responsibility | 4.57 (1.05) | 4.61 (1.04) | 4.52 (1.06) | 0.694 |
Total score | 40.58 (5.36) | 39.95 (5.33) | 41.52 (5.35) | 0.243 |
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Moreno-Segura, N.; Fuentes-Aparicio, L.; Fajardo, S.; Querol-Giner, F.; Atef, H.; Sillero-Sillero, A.; Marques-Sule, E. Physical Therapists’ Ethical and Moral Sensitivity: A STROBE-Compliant Cross-Sectional Study with a Special Focus on Gender Differences. Healthcare 2023, 11, 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030333
Moreno-Segura N, Fuentes-Aparicio L, Fajardo S, Querol-Giner F, Atef H, Sillero-Sillero A, Marques-Sule E. Physical Therapists’ Ethical and Moral Sensitivity: A STROBE-Compliant Cross-Sectional Study with a Special Focus on Gender Differences. Healthcare. 2023; 11(3):333. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030333
Chicago/Turabian StyleMoreno-Segura, Noemí, Laura Fuentes-Aparicio, Sergio Fajardo, Felipe Querol-Giner, Hady Atef, Amalia Sillero-Sillero, and Elena Marques-Sule. 2023. "Physical Therapists’ Ethical and Moral Sensitivity: A STROBE-Compliant Cross-Sectional Study with a Special Focus on Gender Differences" Healthcare 11, no. 3: 333. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11030333