14th Latin American and Caribbean Congress on TransplantationOrgan donationPsychometric Characteristics of the Attitude Questionnaire Toward the Donation of Organs for Transplant (PCID-DTO-RIOS)
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Population Screened
To carry out this study, a sample of 600 subjects from the eastern area of Spain was selected. Sampling was randomized and stratified by geographical location, age, and sex and included the data of the sampling of the population. The inclusion criteria for obtaining the sample were: (1) age at least 18 years; (2) of Spanish origin; and (3) residing in Spain.
Study Questionnaire and Variables
The PCID-DTO RIOS questionnaire consists of 20 items with closed answers and has been used by the International Donor Collaborative Project
Initial Description of Data
The descriptive statistics of mean, standard deviation, skewness, and kurtosis for each of the 20 items are shown in Table 1. The averages are between 2.81 (item 3) and 1.29 (item 15) with values for typical deviations between 1.512 (item 18) and 0.449 (item 3). Most items show negative skewness with values between −2.356 (item 2) and 0.973 (item 12). In addition, the distributions are leptokurtic; the minimum value is observed in item 10 (−1.557) and the maximum value in item 2 (.,864). Before
Discussion
It is necessary to know the psychometric characteristics of the questionnaires used in the different psychosocial studies, especially to know the validity and the reliability of the questionnaire. Although it is not necessary to know these characteristics to validate a questionnaire, the use of a questionnaire (that is to say, the experience obtained from its use) has usually been considered as a validation, provided that the questionnaire has been designed by a group of professionals who are
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