Delphi consensus on a questionnaire of information, knowledge and promotion of living donor kidney transplantation

Objective

To match the items of a questionnaire on the information process of renal replacement therapy and the degree of information and promotion of living donor kidney transplantation by nephrology nurses, taking into account the gender perspective.

Methods

This study was developed in 2 phases: 1) elaboration of an initial questionnaire by the research team, which consisted of 4 nurses, and 2) completion of two rounds of the Delphi method to agree on the research team's proposal.

Results

16 specialist nurses from all areas of nephrology nursing participated. Of the original questionnaire with 35 questions, 31 items were agreed upon. After the two Delphi rounds, consensus was reached on all questions and a new question was included, which was introduced by the panelists. The consensus made it possible to identify 7 dimensions, which were grouped into 4 themes: Profile of professionals, type of information on renal replacement therapy, knowledge and promotion of kidney transplantation in vivo.

Conclusions

This research has made it possible to create a questionnaire agreed by experts to identify the type of information that nephrology nurses give to people with kidney disease and how the gender perspective influences the information process. At the same time, this tool will facilitate the identification of nurses' level of knowledge about living donor kidney transplantation and the way they promote this renal treatment to the people they care for.