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. 2014 Apr 8;15:30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-30

Table 3.

Categorization and item tracking matrix the process of categorisation and reduction of items

Stages
Domains
Subdomains
Items at each step n
Coding agreement
Revision of items n
          A* B C
Collection of items
 
 
96
-
-
-
-
MS and BM categorisation
Reduced moral distress
Emotional support
48
50%
24
36
20
 
 
Better ability to prioritise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Received support to handle ethical problems
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enhanced ethical climate
Organisation consistent with ethical standards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enhanced collaboration
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enhanced communication
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concrete resolution in patient cases
Answers or consensus reached in the patient cases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concrete steps taken in the patient cases
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improved process for decision making in the patient cases
 
 
 
 
 
 
Enhanced moral competence
Improved moral skills
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improved moral attitude
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improved ethics knowledge
 
 
 
 
 
Delphi round 1:
Enhanced emotional support
(Subdomains discarded and abstraction level for domains lowered)
33
25%
6
10
29
 
Improved cooperation & communication
 
 
 
 
 
 
Better coherence with organizational policy
 
 
 
 
 
 
Clear results
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improved moral skills
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improved moral attitude
 
 
 
 
 
Delphi round 2
Enhanced emotional support
(Meaning of one domain was changed and three domains were reformulated) 26
75%
4
6
18
 
Enhanced collaboration
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improvement on organizational level
 
 
 
 
 
 
Concrete results
 
 
 
 
 
 
Improved moral reflexivity
 
 
 
 
 
  Improved moral attitude          

*A = merged, B = discarded, C = reformulated.