Development of Iranian version of ethical challenges in neonatal intensive care units

Staff of different wards face diverse ethical issues. Also cultural, social and economic factors affect these issues. A team of experts in the fields of neonatal care and medical ethics tried to explore ethical issues in intensive care units in Iran.
Methods and Materials: this was a Methodological Research that was done in two steps. In the first step ethical issues in clinical settings explored. The instrument was designed between Aprils to October 2013. The content validity method was used for validity of the instrument. To calculate the reliability, internal consistency was used. The data was analyzed by SPSS 16 and AMOS 16.
Findings: The result of the first run was a 26 item questionnaire with four domains including commitment, patient rights, and inappropriate interaction with parents and end of life care. Internal consistency for the whole instrument was α= 0.89. The result model has suitable fitness.
The results of our study showed the ethical issues of neonatal care with main domains of it. There is an interesting field for research in future.