Measuring kidney patients’ motivation to pursue living donor kidney 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
John D. Peipert
LaShara A. Davis
Shelley S. Hyland
Emily A. Schenk
Kari A. Baldwin
Nicole R. Amoyal, University of Rhode Island

Document Type

Article

Date of Original Version

2015

Department

Psychology

Abstract

While educational interventions to increase patient motivation to pursue living donor kidney transplant have shown success in increasing living donor kidney transplant rates, there are no validated, theoretically consistent measures of Stage of Change, a measure of readiness to pursue living donor kidney transplant; Decisional Balance, a weighted assessment of living donor kidney transplant’s advantages/disadvantages; and Self-Efficacy, a measure of belief that patients can pursue living donor kidney transplant in difficult circumstances. This study developed and validated measures of these three constructs. In two independent samples of kidney patients (N₁ = 279 and N₂ = 204), results showed good psychometric properties and support for their use in the assessment of living donor kidney transplant interventions.

Citation/Publisher Attribution

Waterman, A. D., Robbins, M. L., Paiva, A. L., Peipert, J. D., Davis, L. A., Hyland, S. S., … Amoyal, N. R. (2015). Measuring kidney patients’ motivation to pursue living donor kidney transplant: Development of Stage of Change, Decisional Balance and Self-Efficacy measures. Journal of Health Psychology, 20(2), 210–221. https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105313501707

Available at: https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105313501707