Table 2 Responses to the nine statements on moral distress and the five statements on values and goals at the workplace. Columns 2 to 7 are percentages. Columns 8 to 10 are p values from χ² tests of crosstabulations between the category variables and the response variables, where the category levels with large differences between observed and expected frequencies are indicated

	N	Not distres-sing at all	A little distressing	Somewhat distressing	Very distressing	Don't know	All	Gender*	Age†	Specialty group‡
1. The patient who “cries loudest” gets more or quicker treatment	997	5.8	45.8	35.4	9.8	3.1	100	females 0.013	0.316	GP 0.008
2. Patients must wait long for treatment	993	2.6	29.5	45.9	20.0	1.9	100	0.324	0.770	GP 0.002
3. The care for patients is limited due to time constraints	990	3.4	27.1	40.4	25.5	3.6	100	females 0.021	younger 0.028	surg/int <0.001
4. Patients who should be admitted to other institutions take up places	990	11.0	37.9	28.2	8.3	14.6	100	0.475	50–59 less 0.019	psych <0.001
5. A great deal of the working day is spent on administration and documentation	992	8.2	33.5	35.0	20.0	3.4	100	0.134	0.400	psych <0.001
6. Patients are not treated adequately due to economical constraints	991	16.0	31.4	24.8	12.3	15.4	100	0.070	0.612	0.05
7. Treatment is given that is not likely to be effective	989	11.7	34.7	25.1	14.1	14.5	100	0.376	0.100	surg 0.036
8. Elderly patients are not prioritised	990	19.2	35.5	22.2	8.1	15.1	100	0.084	older 0.004	GP 0.001
9. I must sometimes act against my conscience	981	10.9	23.2	24.0	26.7	15.2	100	females 0.021	0.162	0.068

	N	Applies completely	Applies mostly	Does not apply very well	Does not apply at all	Not applicable	All	Gender*	Age†	Specialty group‡
1. Ethical problems often arise at my workplace	997	8.3	34.0	42.6	7.4	7.6	100	females 0.008	younger 0.001	surg/int/psych <0.001
2. At my workplace we have strategies to resolve ethical problems	994	5.6	40.8	29.9	14.1	9.6	100	0.420	older < 0.001	lab/surg <0.001
3. My own job values accord well with the values of my work organisation	999	10.3	65.4	14.4	3.1	6.8	100	males 0.031	0.151	surg <0.001
4. I strongly identify with the goals and the frames of my work organisation	995	9.9	55.5	21.3	4.2	9.0	100	0.084	older 0.007	pub health <0.001
5. I often feel that I must compromise with my own values to cope with job demands	997	2.6	19.0	52.3	19.2	7.0	100	0.066	0.613	int 0.023

GP, General Practitioner.
*p Values from χ² tests of crosstabulations between gender and the five response categories of the respective statements. Df = 4. N = 977–992. Named categories indicate cells with large positive residuals according to the wording of the statements.
†p Values from χ² tests of crosstabulations between five age categories and the five response categories of the respective statements. Df = 16. N = 963–980. Named categories indicate cells with large positive residuals according to the wording of the statements.
‡p Values from χ² tests of crosstabulations between six specialty groups and the five response categories of the respective statements. Df = 20. N = 957–972. Named categories indicate cells with large positive residuals according to the wording of the statements.