@article{uninimx598,
           title = {Reliability and validity of a clinical competence test for dietitians caring patients with early chronic kidney disease},
         journal = {Journal of Nutritional Science},
          volume = {11},
          author = {Roxana M. M{\'a}rquez-Herrera and Laura Cort{\'e}s-Sanabria and Alfonso M. Cueto-Manzano and H{\'e}ctor R. Mart{\'i}nez-Ram{\'i}rez and Enrique Rojas-Campos and Nelly Orozco Gonz{\'a}lez and Aaron Gonz{\'a}lez-Palacios},
            year = {2022},
             url = {http://repositorio.unini.edu.mx/id/eprint/598/},
        abstract = {The aim of the present study was to develop and validate a test to evaluate dietitian's clinical competence (CC) about nutritional care in patients with early chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study was conducted through five steps: (1) CC and its dimensions were defined; (2) test items were elaborated, and choice of response format and scoring system was selected; (3) content and face validity were established; (4) test was subjected to a pilot test and those items with inadequate performance were removed; (5) criterion validity and internal consistency for final validation were established. A 120-items test was developed and applied to 207 dietitians for validation. Dietitians with previous CKD training obtained higher scores than those with no training, confirming the test validity criterion. According to item analysis, Cronbach's {\ensuremath{\alpha}} was 0{$\cdot$}85, difficulty index 0{$\cdot$}61 {$\pm$} 0{$\cdot$}22, discrimination index 0{$\cdot$}26 {$\pm$} 0{$\cdot$}15 and inter-item correlation 0{$\cdot$}19 {$\pm$} 0{$\cdot$}11, displaying adequate internal consistency.},
        keywords = {Chronic kidney disease; Clinical competence; Dietitian; Reliability; Validity}
}