Characteristics
Domains assessed:
Conceptual Knowledge
Specific context:
Kidney Disease
Validation sample population age:
Adults: 18 to 64 years
Modes of administration in validation study:
Mailed survey, Face-to-face
Psychometrics
Sample size in validation study:
189
Language of validated version:
English
Main article reference
Rosaasen, N., Taylor, J., Blackburn, D., Mainra, R., Shoker, A., & Mansell, H. (2017). Development and Validation of the Kidney Transplant Understanding Tool (K-TUT). Transplantation direct, 3(3), e132. doi:10.1097/TXD.0000000000000647
Corresponding author
Nicola Rosaasen
Description
A tool to measure patient knowledge of kidney transplantation.
Year Measure first Published: 2017
About This Measure
About the Validation of this Measure
Country where validated:
Canada
Content validity:
Validity was assessed and determined by a panel of experts and kidney transplant recipients. Content validity was reaffirmed in the posttransplant cohort
Reliability notes:
Cronbach α of the items in the questionnaire ranged from 0.79 to 0.88.
The reliability of the questionnaire was tested by Cronbach α, which was greater than 0.7 in all cohorts.
