A study to examine the caring efficacy of nurses

Impacts of the ethical climate of the clinical environment and ethical sensitivity of nurses on their caring efficacy

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN87804744

Enrollment

191

Registered

2020-05-12

Start date

2020-05-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-05-23

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Conditions

Caring efficacy of nurses Not Applicable

Interventions

Participants will be randomly selected from two local hospitals. The complete list of eligible nurses affiliated to the hospitals will be used to compile a sample frame for random selection of partici

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Enrolled Nurses or Registered Nurses 2. Work as full-time nursing staff 3. Consent to participate in the study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Nurses’ appraisal of ethical climate of clinical environment measured using Hospital Ethical Climate Survey (HECS) at a single timepoint 2. Ethical sensitivity of nurses measured by Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire-Revised (MSQ-R) at a single timepoint 3. Caring efficacy of nurses measured using Caring Efficacy Scale (CES) at a single timepoint	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
There are no secondary outcome measures	—

Countries

Hong Kong

Contacts

Public ContactFiona Tang

wktang@cuhk.edu.hk+852 (0)3943 4235

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026