Table 4. Item analysis of the moral injury events scale during COVID-19 comparing hospitalists with and without burnout.
Burnout (Yes) n = 15 | Burnout (No) n = 20 | p-value | |
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I saw things that were morally wrong | 4.1 (1.8) | 2.4 (1.6) | 0.008 |
I am troubled by having witnessed others’ immoral acts | 4.5 (1.6) | 3.2 (2.2) | 0.070 |
I acted in ways that violated my own moral code of ethics | 2.1 (1.2) | 1.3 (0.9) | 0.026 |
I am troubled by having acted in ways that violated my own morals or values | 2.3 (1.6) | 1.6 (1.4) | 0.136 |
I violated my own morals by failing to do something that I felt should have been done | 1.8 (0.9) | 1.4 (0.9) | 0.222 |
I am troubled because I violated my morals by failing to do something that I felt should have been done | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.6 (1.4) | 0.548 |
I feel betrayed by leaders who I once trusted | 4.3 (1.5) | 2.8 (1.8) | 0.011 |
I feel betrayed by fellow medical professionals who I once trusted | 3.8 (1.8) | 2.0 (1.7) | 0.003 |
I feel betrayed by others outside of the medical profession who I once trusted | 2.5 (1.6) | 1.6 (1.2) | 0.052 |
Data are presented as means (standard deviation).
p-value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant.