Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of the Starting Dialysis Questionnaire in Pre-dialysis Patients
ZHENG Yan
WANG Jie
WANG Ge
LIU Gailing
YAN Xiaohan
Abstract：Objective To translate the English version of the starting dialysis questionnaire in pre-dialysis patients(SDQ-PDP)into Chinese and examine its reliability and validity.Methods The questionnaire was translated into Chinese according to the Brislin translation model and survey was conducted on 435 patients in pre-dialysis patients to test the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of SDQ-PDP.Results The Chinese version of SDQ-PDP included 3 dimensions with a total of 31 items and 2 open-ended questions.The item-level content validity indexes ranged from 0.857 to 1.000,and the average of scale-content validity index on the questionnaire were 0.991.The exploratory factor analysis resulted in a three-factor structure,namely dialysis expectations,accepting dialysis and dyadic relationship characteristics,explaining 63.124％of the total variance.The results of confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated the scale model of the three-factors structure exhibited an adequate fit.The Cronbach's α for the total questionnaire score was 0.947,and test-retest reliability was 0.910.Conclusion The Chinese version of SDQ-PDP has good reliability and validity,thus rendering it a suitable tool for the assessment of the degree of adaptation to dialysis among patients in the pre-dialysis stage in China.
Keywords：pre-dialysisstarting dialysis questionnairetranslationreliability and validity
Publication Date：2026-01-28
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-12(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：5( 193-197 )