title: Pilot feasibility research of Chinese version of kidney transplant questionnaire in recipients of living donor kidney transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the feasibility of the Chinese version of Kidney Transplant Questionnaire (KTQ) by evaluating the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in Chinese recipients of living donor kidney transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  The English version of KTQ was translated into Chinese and underwent cultural adaptation to obtain the Chinese version of KTQ. HRQoL of 136 Chinese recipients of living donor kidney transplantation that met the inclusion criteria were evaluated to assess the validity and reliability of the questionnaire.
  
  
  RESULTS
  One hundred and thirty-six recipients (98 males and 38 females) of living donor kidney transplantation were included. The mean age of the recipients was 43.91 years. For each dimension of the questionnaire, the Cronbach's alpha coefficient was 0.7-0.9, test-retest reliability coefficient ≥0.7, goodness of fit index (GFI) >0.9, and comparative fitness index (CFI) >0.9.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The validity and reliability of the Chinese version of KTQ is similar to the English version, suggesting that the Chinese version of KTQ could be applied as a disease-specific questionnaire to evaluate the HRQoL of the recipients of living donor kidney transplantation in China.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Yujian
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Niu
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, The China-Japan Friendship Hospital Beijing 100029, China.
authors.forename: Wenxin
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Sha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Yanhong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Jianli
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Letian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Zhaojie
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Guan
authors.affiliation: Institute of Organ Transplantation, The General Hospital of Chinese People's Armed Police Forces Beijing 100039, China.
authors.forename: Zhongyang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Shen
keywords: Chinese; Living donor kidney transplantation; cross cultural adaptation; kidney transplantation questionnaire