Table 3

Responses of the 485 participants to the statements on moral distress and values and goals at the workplace

Statement	A little distressing	Do not know	Not distressing at all	Somewhat distressing	Very distressing	p Value^*
Statement	A little distressing	Do not know	Not distressing at all	Somewhat distressing	Very distressing	Sex	Age
Moral distress
1.The patient who 'cries loudest' gets more or quicker treatment	42.3	1.4	9.3	38.8	8.2	0.59	0.34
2. Patients must wait long for treatment	32.8	2.5	6.8	37.9	20.0	0.29	0.001
3. The care of patients is limited due time constraints	16.3	8.7	6.8	57.5	10.7	0.005	<0.001
4. Patients who should be admitted to other institutions take up places	19.4	12.6	8.5	44.1	15.5	<0.001	<0.001
5. Much of the working day is spent on administration and documentation	23.3	12.6	12.8	28.9	22.5	0.005	0.004
6. Patients are not treated adequately due to economic constraints	23.9	4.9	10.7	40.6	19.8	0.006	<0.001
7. Treatment is given that is not likely to be effective	20.4	11.3	6.8	40.6	20.8	0.004	<0.001
8. Older patients are not prioritised	19.8	9.7	15.5	36.1	19.0	<0.001	<0.001
9. I must sometimes act against my conscience	8.7	28.0	6.2	24.1	33.0	0.001	0.005
	Applies completely	Applies mostly	Does not apply at all	Does not apply very well	Not applicable	Sex	Age
Values and goals at the workplace
1. Ethical problems often arise at my workplace	4.1	9.7	18.1	65.4	2.7	0.060	0.000
2. At my workplace, we have strategies to resolve ethical problems	15.7	19.8	19.6	36.1	8.9	0.002	0.000
3. My own job values match well with the values of my work organisation	54.4	27.4	3.5	13.4	1.2	0.111	0.057
4. I strongly identify with the goals and the framework of my work organisation	54.8	28.2	2.5	12.8	1.6	0.203	0.175
5. I often feel that I must compromise with my own values to cope with job demands	12.2	9.5	36.9	34.4	7.0	0.320	0.002

Data are given as percentages.
↵* p Values are from χ² tests of cross-tabulations between the category variables and the response variables, where the category levels with large differences between observed and expected frequencies are indicated.