Validation of the Chinese version of the kidney transplant understanding tool in Chinese patients.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

To evaluate the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Kidney Transplant Understanding Tool (K-TUT) among patients in China.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Methods

A convenience sample of 171 kidney transplant (KT) candidates and 272 KT recipients was recruited from two tertiary and Grade A hospitals in Hunan Province, China. The reliability was calculated by half-fold reliability, test-retest reliability and Cronbach's alpha. The validity was analysed by the content validity index.

Results

For KT candidates, the Chinese version of K-TUT deleted items 4, 6, 7 and 8, Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.778, half-fold reliability values were 0.792, and test-retest reliability values were 0.902. For KT recipients, the tool deleted items 3, 4, 6, 7 a

SUBMITTER: Ma H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10077359 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature