Strategies to mitigate moral distress as reported by eldercare professionals

Autor: Tiina Koivisto, Maria Paavolainen, Nina Olin, Eveliina Korkiakangas, Jaana Laitinen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health & Well-Being, Vol 19, Iss 1 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1748-2623
1748-2631
17482631
DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2024.2315635
Popis: Eldercare workers experience higher levels of moral distress than other health and social care service workers. Moral distress is a psychological response to a morally challenging event. Very little is known about moral distress in the context of eldercare and about the mechanisms of preventing or mitigating moral distress. This qualitative study was conducted as part of the “Ensuring the availability of staff and the attractiveness of the sector in eldercareservices” project in Finland in 2021. The data were from 39 semi-structured interviews. This qualitative interview data were examined using two-stage content analysis. The key finding of this study, as reported by eldercare professionals, is that strategies to mitigate moral distress can be found at all organizational levels : organizational, workplace and individual. The tools that emerged from the interviews fell into four main categories: 1) organizational support and education 2) peer support 3) improving self-care and competence and 4) defending patients. The main identified categories confirmed the earlier findings but the qualitative, rich research interview data provided new insights into a little-studied topic: mitigating moral distress in eldercare. The main conclusion is that, in order to mitigate moral distress, ethical competence needs to be strengthened at all organizational levels.
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