Development and validation of the Communicating with Family about Brain Death Scale

Bibliographic Data

ID4229234
AuthorsMary Bresnahan (0000-0003-2483-394X, Michigan State University), Jie Zhuang (0000-0002-3332-2044, Michigan State University)
Year2016
Volume21
Issue7
Pages1207-1215
Publication date2016-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1359105314550349
PMID25253626
OpenAlexW1966304450
LanguageEN
References cited28

This study reports development of a scale assessing communication with family about brain-dead organ donation. Two cross-sectional studies demonstrated scale validity. Tests of internal, external, and predictive validity were conducted using confirmatory factor analysis. In both studies, the same 6 items were shown to be unidimensional with acceptable reliability. Parallelism was shown between the Brain Death Scale and a measure of communication with family. Predictive validity was exhibited between participants' donor status and the Brain Death Scale. The scale was associated with knowledge about brain death confirming misconceptions about brain-dead organ donation

Confirmatory factor analysis · Developmental psychology · Organ donation · Predictive validity · Psychometrics · Reliability (semiconductor · Scale (ratio · Structural equation modeling · Validity · Computer Science · Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation · Psychology · Clinical Psychology · Internal Medicine · Transplantation