For and against Organ Donation and Transplantation: Intricate Facilitators and Barriers in Organ Donation Perceived by German Nurses and Doctors
Table 5
(a) Mean values, reliability, and factor analysis of item addressing own perception of ODT barriers. (b) Mean values, reliability, and factor analysis of item addressing assumed ODT barriers of relatives.
(a)
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: transcendent barriers: protection of the soul (eigenvalue 4.3; 53% explained variance; alpha = .87)
The wish that the body should resurrect integrally
3.07
0.99
.686
.858
.885
Belief in reincarnation, rebirth, karma, or similar
2.96
0.99
.635
.863
.821
The wish to arrive intact in the afterlife
2.67
1.06
.705
.855
.783
.310
That the soul prevails in the body beyond established death
2.92
1.00
.694
.857
.749
The wish to be buried whole
2.21
1.02
.666
.859
.527
.512
Factor 2: immanent barriers: affection of the physical body (eigenvalue 1.2; 15% explained variance; alpha = .79)
That ODT violates the body
2.75
1.02
.556
.871
.873
That the corpse would be blemished
2.30
0.99
.663
.860
.832
That the process of death is not complete with brain death
2.21
1.13
.521
.867
.680
Extraction of the main components (eigenvalue > 1); varimax rotation with Kaiser’s normalization. Rotation is converged in 3 iterations. Both factors explain 68% of variance. Scores range from 1 (agreement) to 4 (disagreement). Without item “wish to be buried whole.”
(b)
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: transcendent barriers: protection of the soul (eigenvalue 4.3; 54% explained variance; alpha = .93)
The wish that the body should resurrect integrally
2.34
0.89
.796
.840
.896
Belief in reincarnation, rebirth, karma, or similar
2.38
0.90
.731
.848
.878
The wish to arrive intact in the afterlife
2.22
0.83
.776
.843
.875
That the soul prevails in the body beyond established death
2.35
0.90
.758
.844
.853
Factor 2: immanent barriers: affection of the physical body (eigenvalue 1.4; 18% explained variance; alpha = .75)
That the corpse would be blemished
1.71
0.67
.585
.865
.845
That the process of death is not complete with brain death
1.49
0.66
.321
.886
.770
That ODT violates the body
2.11
0.91
.535
.871
.752
The wish to be buried whole
1.87
0.75
.563
.866
.466
.516
Extraction of the main components (eigenvalue > 1); varimax rotation with Kaiser’s normalization. Rotation is converged in 3 iterations. Both factors explain 71% of variance. Scores range from 1 (agreement) to 4 (disagreement). Without item “wish to be buried whole.”