Journal of Transplantation / 2016 / Article / Tab 2 / Research Article
For and against Organ Donation and Transplantation: Intricate Facilitators and Barriers in Organ Donation Perceived by German Nurses and Doctors Table 2 Mean values, reliability, and factor analysis of item addressing the perception of ethical issues.
Factors and items Mean value (score 1–4) SD Corrected item-total correlation Alpha if item is deleted ( ) Loading factor 1 Loading factor 2 Factor 1: ethical barriers to ODT (eigenvalue 2.2; 38% explained variance; alpha = .67) Handling of the personal convictions of colleagues 2.40 0.83 .395 .648 .781 Respect for the individual problems of patients/relatives 2.16 0.76 .426 .638 .726 Transparency of the system 2.01 0.89 .548 .591 .634 .406 Justice in the distribution of organs 1.87 0.83 .445 .631 .533 .403 Factor 2: external ethical issues in ODT (eigenvalue 1.0; 17% explained variance; alpha = .47 ) Scandals in transplantation medicine 1.71 0.77 .335 .667 .773 Lack of organs 1.70 0.76 .326 .669 .737
Extraction of the main components (eigenvalue > 1); varimax rotation with Kaiser’s normalization. Rotation is converged in 3 iterations. Both factors explain 55% of variance. Scores range from 1 (agreement) to 4 (disagreement). Scale is not suited to be used.