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Investigating the relationship between moral courage and caregiving behaviours among nurses working in COVID-19 wards in Iran.
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- Evaluating the moral courage of nurses and its relationship with their caring behaviors.BMC research notes · 2026Article
- Investigating the relationship between moral courage and caregiving behaviours among nurses working in COVID-19 wards in Iran.Nursing open · 2024Article
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aimTo examine the correlation between moral courage and caregiving behaviour among nurses who are employed in the COVID-19 ward in Iran.
designThis study is a descriptive-correlational and cross-sectional research conducted in 2021 in the city of Tehran, Iran.
methodsA total of 270 nurses employed in COVID-19 wards, who had been working in these wards for at least 1 month, were recruited from XXX hospitals and XXX Hospital. Data collection was conducted from September to November 2021. The data collection tools included a demographic information form, the Caring Dimension Inventory (CDI-25), and the Professional Moral Courage Scale (PMC). The designed questionnaire links were provided to the participants virtually through the Persian platform 'Pars Line' and via WhatsApp. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were used to examine the relationship between moral courage and care behaviour.
resultsThere was a significant difference in the mean of caring behaviour between the age groups (<30 and >40 years old), and the work experience groups (<5 years and >15 years) (p < 0.05). Ethical values also varied significantly between certain age and experience groups (p < 0.05), but no significant differences were found in ethical behaviour across most ages (30-40 years) and work experience categories (>10 years) (p > 0.05). The level of moral courage among the nurses was higher than the median score of the instrument (87.31 ± 10.37). Among the dimensions of moral courage, the highest score was related to the dimension of ethical factors (17.64 ± 2.64), and the lowest score was related to the dimension of multiple values (17.26 ± 2.78). The level of caring behaviours among the nurses was lower than the median score of the instrument (46.11 ± 10.84). Among the dimensions of caring behaviours, the highest score was related to physical-technical behaviours (19.22 ± 5.27), and the lowest score was related to professional behaviours (1.35 ± 0.67). Based on the analysis, moral courage had a weak and inverse correlation with caring behaviours among nurses. The higher moral courage does not necessarily result in improved caregiving behaviours, emphasizing the need for further research to explore and address this relationship. PATIENT: No Patient or Public Contribution.
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