Moral distress in educational environments can be associated with multiple
effects. Students who faced with this ethical challenge feel insecurity and
dissatisfaction and so school dropout and failure will be increased in them.
Low quality of teaching in these conditions could potentially cause a lack of
scientific and clinical sufficiency and thus the performance of health systems
to achieve the health goals will be at risk. This study aimed to assess the
students' moral distress in Birjand paramedical school students. The Cross -
Sectional study took on 600 students of paramedical school who were
selected by census. To collect data, it was used a questionnaire of 20
questions. The validity and reliability of this questionnaire was evaluated
and Cronbach's Alfa was calculated 81 percent. Data were collected by
Spss16 software and were analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics.
The findings showed that the average of moral distress from total score was
0-5, (3/12±0/88) in the intensity and (3/5±1/2) in the frequency. There was a
significant relationship between moral distress with years of educations and
sex (P>0/05). Moderate level of moral distress in students requires the
planning and some actions as students’ awareness to this phenomenon.
Identification and control of this phenomenon in educational environments
and investigating its reasons may play an important role in the control of this
phenomenon and the prevention of its adverse effects in future
