Table 2 Moral Distress Scale-Revised scores according to professional category and workplace

Physicians

(n = 29)

Mean (SD^a)

Nurses (n = 51)

Mean (SD)

Nurse

Technicians

(n = 85)

Mean (SD)

Respiratory therapists

(n = 50)

Mean (SD)

p*

ICU^b

(n = 99)

Mean (SD)

Step-down unit (n = 87)

Mean (SD)

p**