From: Self-evaluated ethical competence of a practicing physiotherapist: a national study in Finland
Character strength | Awareness | Skills | Will | Total | |||||||
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Document/ Method | n | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD |
FAP a | |||||||||||
Excellent | 109 | 3.403 | 0.296 | 3.640 | 0.278 | 3.572 | 0.319 | 3.715 | 0.271 | 3.585 | 0.244 |
Fairly well | 474 | 3.241 | 0.313 | 3.462 | 0.316 | 3.280 | 0.363 | 3.590 | 0.332 | 3.396 | 0.277 |
Rather poorly | 216 | 3.121 | 0.295 | 3.334 | 0.324 | 3.086 | 0.340 | 3.440 | 0.346 | 3.248 | 0.275 |
Not at all | 36 | 3.101 | 0.300 | 3.381 | 0.311 | 2.993 | 0.415 | 3.493 | 0.349 | 3.238 | 0.271 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
WCPT b | |||||||||||
Excellent | 20 | 3.625 | 0.198 | 3.743 | 0.239 | 3.794 | 0.209 | 3.903 | 0.125 | 3.763 | 0.140 |
Fairly well | 179 | 3.294 | 0.336 | 3.544 | 0.327 | 3.417 | 0.347 | 3.649 | 0.322 | 3.481 | 0.285 |
Rather poorly | 439 | 3.210 | 0.291 | 3.416 | 0.305 | 3.219 | 0.359 | 3.544 | 0.329 | 3.347 | 0.269 |
Not at all | 195 | 3.154 | 0.326 | 3.404 | 0.348 | 3.132 | 0.401 | 3.489 | 0.358 | 3.230 | 0.302 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
ETENE c | |||||||||||
Excellent | 53 | 3.479 | 0.293 | 3.608 | 0.290 | 3.685 | 0.316 | 3.750 | 0.227 | 3.665 | 0.231 |
Fairly well | 372 | 3.260 | 0.312 | 3.464 | 0.322 | 3.314 | 0.358 | 3.588 | 0.338 | 3.408 | 0.286 |
Rather poorly | 326 | 3.185 | 0.307 | 3.414 | 0.314 | 3.173 | 0.353 | 3.530 | 0.337 | 3.326 | 0.271 |
Not at all | 79 | 3.076 | 0.293 | 3.357 | 0.340 | 3.039 | 0.409 | 3.464 | 0.365 | 3.238 | 0.283 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
Act on the Status and Rights of Patients [41] | |||||||||||
Excellent | 139 | 3.381 | 0.313 | 3.617 | 0.291 | 3.552 | 0.336 | 3.689 | 0.286 | 3.567 | 0.260 |
Fairly well | 479 | 3.222 | 0.305 | 3.430 | 0.328 | 3.242 | 0.352 | 3.561 | 0.335 | 3.364 | 0.281 |
Rather poorly | 197 | 3.135 | 0.321 | 3.367 | 0.304 | 3.378 | 0.378 | 3.486 | 0.358 | 3.274 | 0.277 |
Not at all | 18 | 3.128 | 0.212 | 3.556 | 0.317 | 3.436 | 0.436 | 3.542 | 0.403 | 3.313 | 0.261 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
Personal data act [42] | |||||||||||
Excellent | 120 | 3.391 | 0.315 | 3.622 | 0.301 | 3.534 | 0.356 | 3.679 | 0.292 | 3.563 | 0.273 |
Fairly well | 437 | 3.235 | 0.307 | 3.447 | 0.328 | 3.273 | 0.363 | 3.581 | 0.338 | 3.384 | 0.284 |
Rather poorly | 236 | 3.148 | 0.308 | 3.369 | 0.298 | 3.118 | 0.358 | 3.492 | 0.340 | 3.282 | 0.266 |
Not at all | 38 | 3.110 | 0.297 | 3.448 | 0.344 | 3.049 | 0.404 | 3.487 | 0.386 | 3.281 | 0.292 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
Consulting a specialist in ethics | |||||||||||
Excellent | 11 | 3.614 | 0.323 | 3.786 | 0.297 | 3.818 | 0.239 | 3.795 | 0.211 | 3.762 | 0.227 |
Fairly well | 66 | 3.337 | 0.313 | 3.546 | 0.299 | 3.460 | 0.327 | 3.608 | 0.323 | 3.493 | 0.265 |
Rather poorly | 236 | 3.217 | 0.305 | 3.425 | 0.322 | 3.246 | 0.334 | 3.560 | 0.335 | 3.364 | 0.275 |
Not at all | 333 | 3.189 | 0.304 | 3.421 | 0.322 | 3.144 | 0.382 | 3.538 | 0.337 | 3.324 | 0.284 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.0414 | <.0001 | ||||||
Consulting a colleague | |||||||||||
Excellent | 288 | 3.295 | 0.313 | 3.489 | 0.325 | 3.326 | 0.370 | 3.598 | 0.322 | 3.428 | 0.284 |
Fairly well | 210 | 3.135 | 0.282 | 3.389 | 0.302 | 3.145 | 0.347 | 3.538 | 0.335 | 3.302 | 0.260 |
Rather poorly | 24 | 3.024 | 0.265 | 3.266 | 0.326 | 2.995 | 0.339 | 3.356 | 0.360 | 3.172 | 0.273 |
Not at all | 12 | 3.128 | 0.453 | 3.399 | 0.357 | 3.015 | 0.525 | 3.385 | 0.414 | 3.264 | 0.391 |
p | <.0001 | 0.0002 | <.0001 | 0.0008 | <.0001 | ||||||
Theories in ethical decision-making | |||||||||||
Excellent | 16 | 3.483 | 0.332 | 3.625 | 0.368 | 3.597 | 0.363 | 3.748 | 0.310 | 3.616 | 0.297 |
Fairly well | 212 | 3.308 | 0.307 | 3.523 | 0.332 | 3.430 | 0.346 | 3.643 | 0.320 | 3.482 | 0.279 |
Rather poorly | 307 | 3.203 | 0.307 | 3.425 | 0.324 | 3.235 | 0.359 | 3.533 | 0.342 | 3.350 | 0.287 |
Not at all | 268 | 3.187 | 0.319 | 3.429 | 0.316 | 3.141 | 0.384 | 3.545 | 0.332 | 3.328 | 0.278 |
p | <.0001 | 0.0033 | <.0001 | 0.0019 | <.0001 | ||||||
Ethics literature | |||||||||||
Excellent | 26 | 3.503 | 0.270 | 3.744 | 0.243 | 3.707 | 0.283 | 3.875 | 0.161 | 3.714 | 0.189 |
Fairly well | 195 | 3.307 | 0.300 | 3.497 | 0.320 | 3.399 | 0.345 | 3.627 | 0.296 | 3.460 | 0.266 |
Rather poorly | 378 | 3.198 | 0.301 | 3.417 | 0.330 | 3.185 | 0.344 | 3.531 | 0.345 | 3.332 | 0.281 |
Not at all | 115 | 3.107 | 0.322 | 3.381 | 0.305 | 3.021 | 0.377 | 3.469 | 0.354 | 3.251 | 0.271 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
Ethical committees | |||||||||||
Excellent | 34 | 3.370 | 0.358 | 3.623 | 0.345 | 3.539 | 0.394 | 3.666 | 0.337 | 3.558 | 0.316 |
Fairly well | 134 | 3.329 | 0.338 | 3.527 | 0.293 | 3.397 | 0.318 | 3.668 | 0.281 | 3.483 | 0.250 |
Rather poorly | 341 | 3.201 | 0.300 | 3.411 | 0.328 | 3.216 | 0.362 | 3.546 | 0.346 | 3.343 | 0.285 |
Not at all | 204 | 3.162 | 0.301 | 3.412 | 0.319 | 3.114 | 0.388 | 3.500 | 0.343 | 3.301 | 0.281 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | ||||||
Ethics education | |||||||||||
Excellent | 16 | 3.653 | 0.224 | 3.820 | 0.191 | 3.843 | 0.179 | 3.875 | 0.143 | 3.806 | 0.147 |
Fairly well | 66 | 3.297 | 0.316 | 3.489 | 0.339 | 3.413 | 0.330 | 3.647 | 0.299 | 3.466 | 0.277 |
Rather poorly | 364 | 3.229 | 0.314 | 3.430 | 0.321 | 3.246 | 0.352 | 3.559 | 0.344 | 3.366 | 0.280 |
Not at all | 275 | 3.178 | 0.306 | 3.434 | 0.316 | 3.150 | 0.391 | 3.532 | 0.336 | 3.327 | 0.282 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | 0.0002 | <.0001 | ||||||
Group discussion | |||||||||||
Excellent | 113 | 3.345 | 0.324 | 3.563 | 0.311 | 3.436 | 0.352 | 3.662 | 0.285 | 3.505 | 0.271 |
Fairly well | 259 | 3.202 | 0.300 | 3.429 | 0.305 | 3.228 | 0.341 | 3.575 | 0.324 | 3.358 | 0.262 |
Rather poorly | 161 | 3.192 | 0.318 | 3.390 | 0.335 | 3.146 | 0.353 | 3.489 | 0.364 | 3.307 | 0.286 |
Not at all | 87 | 3.126 | 0.277 | 3.403 | 0.313 | 3.034 | 0.408 | 3.498 | 0.348 | 3.269 | 0.282 |
p | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 | <.0001 |