eprintid: 598 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 2 dir: disk0/00/00/05/98 datestamp: 2022-03-30 23:55:08 lastmod: 2022-06-02 23:30:06 status_changed: 2022-03-30 23:55:08 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Márquez-Herrera, Roxana M. creators_name: Cortés-Sanabria, Laura creators_name: Cueto-Manzano, Alfonso M. creators_name: Martínez-Ramírez, Héctor R. creators_name: Rojas-Campos, Enrique creators_name: Orozco González, Nelly creators_name: González-Palacios, Aaron creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: creators_id: nelly.orozco@unini.edu.mx creators_id: title: Reliability and validity of a clinical competence test for dietitians caring patients with early chronic kidney disease ispublished: pub subjects: uneat_sn divisions: uninimx_produccion_cientifica full_text_status: public keywords: Chronic kidney disease; Clinical competence; Dietitian; Reliability; Validity 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 α was 0⋅85, difficulty index 0⋅61 ± 0⋅22, discrimination index 0⋅26 ± 0⋅15 and inter-item correlation 0⋅19 ± 0⋅11, displaying adequate internal consistency. date: 2022 publication: Journal of Nutritional Science volume: 11 id_number: doi:10.1017/jns.2022.4 refereed: TRUE issn: 2048-6790 official_url: http://doi.org/10.1017/jns.2022.4 access: open language: en citation: Artículo Materias > Alimentación Universidad Internacional Iberoamericana México > Investigación > Producción Científica Abierto Inglés 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 α was 0⋅85, difficulty index 0⋅61 ± 0⋅22, discrimination index 0⋅26 ± 0⋅15 and inter-item correlation 0⋅19 ± 0⋅11, displaying adequate internal consistency. metadata Márquez-Herrera, Roxana M.; Cortés-Sanabria, Laura; Cueto-Manzano, Alfonso M.; Martínez-Ramírez, Héctor R.; Rojas-Campos, Enrique; Orozco González, Nelly y González-Palacios, Aaron mail SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, SIN ESPECIFICAR, nelly.orozco@unini.edu.mx, SIN ESPECIFICAR (2022) Reliability and validity of a clinical competence test for dietitians caring patients with early chronic kidney disease. Journal of Nutritional Science, 11. ISSN 2048-6790 document_url: http://repositorio.unini.edu.mx/id/eprint/598/1/reliability-and-validity-of-a-clinical-competence-test-for-dietitians-caring-patients-with-early-chronic-kidney-disease.pdf