Table 2.
Correlation between the MDT and the MDS-R
| Variables | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Mean MDT score | 1.00 | |||||
| 2. Total score of MDS-R | 0.41** | 1.00 | ||||
| 3. Score in ‘individual responsibility’ | 0.46** | 0.77** | 1.00 | |||
| 4. Score in ‘not in patient’s best interest’ | 0.36** | 0.90** | 0.61** | 1.00 | ||
| 5. Score in ‘conflict of value’ | 0.31** | 0.93** | 0.58** | 0.79** | 1.00 | |
| 6. Score in ‘damage patient’s interest’ | 0.42** | 0.77** | 0.71** | 0.65** | 0.63** | 1.00 |
**indicates p < 0.01. r of ranging from 0.0 to 0.2, from 0.2 to 0.4, from 0.4 to 0.6, from 0.6 to 0.8, and from 0.8 to 1.0 indicates very weaken, weaken, moderate, high, and very high correlation, respectively. MDT, moral distress thermometer; MDS-R, moral distress scale-revised