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. 2022 Oct 4;17(10):e0275494. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275494

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
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.