Title

Kidney Patients’ Intention to Receive a Deceased Donor Transplant: Development of Stage of Change, Decisional Balance and Self-efficacy Measures

Authors

Amy D. Waterman
Mark L. Robbins, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Andrea L. Paiva, University of Rhode IslandFollow
Shelley S. Hyland

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2010

Department

Psychology

Abstract

In order to sustain life, patients whose kidneys fail must receive dialysis or obtain a transplant. This study reports on the development and validation of measures of Stage of Change, Decisional Balance and Self-efficacy based on the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) to assess patients’ readiness to receive a deceased donor transplant. We surveyed 293 transplant-eligible kidney patients about their deceased donation readiness. Exploratory and confirmatory analyses for all measures demonstrated factor structures similar to previous application of the TTM to other health behaviors, excellent model fit and good internal and external validity. These brief, reliable instruments with good psychometric properties can guide the development of improved, individually-tailored transplant education for patients.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Waterman, A. D., Robbins, M. L., Paiva, A. L., & Hyland, S. S. (2010). Kidney Patients’ Intention to Receive a Deceased Donor Transplant: Development of Stage of Change, Decisional Balance and Self-efficacy Measures. J. Health Psychol., 15(3), 436-445. doi: 10.1177/1359105309351248

Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105309351248