Research in validity and reliability of the Chinese version of Moral Distress Scale

Objective To examine the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of Moral Distress Scale for nurses.Methods Cross-cultural adaptation process was applied to translate and develop the Chinese version of Moral Distress Scale for nurses.238 nurses were selected to answer the scale to evaluate the reliability and validity of the scale.Results Content validity index of the Chinese version of Moral Distress Scale for nurses was 0.909.Construct validity of validity analysis:exploratory factor analysis of the items identified that the scale had 4 factors,explaining 54.583％ of the total variance.Reliability analysis:The Cronbach' α coefficients for the MDS-R dimensions were 0.846、0.724、0.738 and 0.566,and 0.879 for the total scale.The test-retest reliability coefficient for MDS-R was 0.802.Conclusions The Chinese version of Moral Distress Scale-Revised for nurses has good reliability and validity in the measurement of Chinese nurses. Key words: Nurse;  Moral distress;  Scale;  Reliability;  Validity