Table 3 Descriptive statistics of moral distress across groups of sex, disciplines, unit and type of contract, and p value for the analyses of variance

Sex

Women

2.47

0.86

0.160

Men

2.27

0.56

Discipline

Physicians

2.03

0.48

0.005

Nurses

2.56

0.78

Nursing assistants

2.29

0.97

Unit

COVID-19 Hospitalization Unit

2.33

0.87

0.178

Intensive Care Unit

2.52

0.80

Emergency Unit

2.61

0.88

Others

2.31

0.71

Contract

Permanent contract

2.42

0.88

0.724

Interim contract

2.37

0.68

Temporary contract

2.48

0.84