The Effect of Motivational Interviewing on Ethical Decision Making and Moral Distress

Nevsehir Haci Bektas Veli University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Moral Distress; Ethics

Treatments: Behavioral: motivational interviewing

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06792084

NEVU-NRS-SS-01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is a pre-test-post-test, randomized controlled experimental study with a control group, planned to examine the effect of motivational interviewing on ethical decision-making and moral distress levels in intensive care nurses.

Full description

The research was designed individually. The research will be conducted between 30 JANUARY 2025 and 27 FEBRUARY 2025, with Certificates working in the intensive care units of the Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine in Sivas-Central province of Turkey and meeting the included criteria. The study will be carried out face to face after obtaining the necessary institutional permissions. At each stage of the research, the quantities will be taken into consideration, taking into account the inclusion criteria. They will be asked to fill out informed consent forms asking to explain the subject, purpose and method of receiving the study. Participants will be divided into intervention and control groups by simple randomization method. Participant Information Form, Ethical Dilemma Test in Nursing and Moral Distress Scale will be applied to both groups before the intervention. Data collection tools will be applied to the control group simultaneously with the intervention group. The picture of the implementation of the study will be recorded by the hospital management where appropriate and will be carried out in a private area. At the end of the intervention program, the Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test and Moral Distress Scale will be administered to both groups.

Enrollment: 53 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Nurses working in Intensive Care Clinics who volunteer to participate in the study will be included.

Exclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with any mental illness

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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53 participants in 2 patient groups

intervention group

Experimental group

Description:

Participant Information Form, Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test and Moral Distress Scale will be applied to the intervention group to be included in the study before the intervention. Then, the motivational interview program will be implemented in 5 sessions in total, one session per week. At the end of the intervention program, nurses will be asked to fill out the Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test and the Moral Distress Scale.

Treatment:

Behavioral: motivational interviewing

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

No intervention will be applied to the control group to be included in the study. Participants will be asked to fill out the Participant Information Form, Ethical Dilemma Test in Nursing, and Moral Distress Scale forms before and after starting the intervention simultaneously with the intervention group. will be implemented. Then, the motivational interview program will be implemented in 5 sessions in total, one session per week. At the end of the intervention program, nurses will be asked to fill out the Nursing Ethical Dilemma Test and the Moral Distress Scale.