Translating and culturally adapting the shortened version of the Hospital Ethical Climate Survey (HECS-S) – retaining or modifying validated instruments

Table 1 Overview of differences between available versions of HECS

	Targeted population			Number of items	Labels of the scales
	Nurses	Physicians	Nursing ^a	Number of items	Labels of the scales
Versions of HECS
Original HECS	X			26	Almost never true, Seldom true, Sometimes true, Often true, Almost always true
Swedish HECS	X			26	Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Almost always, Always
Modified Swedish HECS	X	X	X	13 + 4 new	Never, Almost never, Sometimes, Almost always, Always
HECS-S	X	X		14	Almost never true – Almost always true

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