Re-assessing the validity of the Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ): Two new scales for moral deliberation and paternalism.

Rationale, Aims, And Objectives: The current study and previous research have called the six-component model of Lützen's 30-item Moral Sensitivity Questionnaire (MSQ) into question. For this reason, we re-examined the construct validity of this instrument.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, which was based on a convenience sample of Dutch nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), we tested the validity of MSQ items using exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses (EFA and CFA, respectively).

Moral reasoning explained by personality traits and moral disengagement: A study among Dutch nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Aim: To explore the direct and indirect effect of the personality meta-traits 'Stability' and 'Plasticity' on moral reasoning among nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs).

Background: Moral reasoning is influenced by being prone to moral disengagement and personality traits. Moral disengagement is observed among professionals in many fields, including healthcare providers.

Anterior Thoracic Spinal Cord Herniation: Surgical Treatment and Postoperative Course. An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of 246 Cases.

Background: Anterior thoracic spinal cord herniation (ATSCH) is a rare cause of progressive myelopathy. Early surgery is essential, but there is no agreement about the best surgical approach.

Objective: To identify factors that determine surgical results and to find evidence for the most favorable technique to correct ATSCH.

Differences between Slovak and Dutch patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass graft surgery regarding clinical and psychosocial predictors of physical and mental health-related quality of life.

Background: Differences in health-related quality of life in coronary artery disease patients and associated factors between patients of central and western European descent are rarely investigated. We aim to test differences between Dutch and Slovak health-related quality of life, whether nationality predicted health-related quality of life and if standardised beta weights of health-related quality of life determinants differ across countries.

Design: An observational multicentre study at university cardiac centres in the Netherlands and Slovakia.

Seven years' mortality in Roma and non-Roma patients after coronary angiography.

Background: Ethnicity is associated with differences in clinical course and outcomes of cardiac disease, often in association with a poorer socioeconomic position. The aim of this study was to compare the mortality after coronary angiography (CAG) of Roma and non-Roma patients matched for education and adjusted for gender and age.

Methods: In total, 816 patients were included in the study (167 Roma and 649 non-Roma).