Turkish Validity and Reliability of the Public Attitudes and Beliefs about Organ Donation Scale

Objective: This methodological study aimed to adapt the Public Attitudes and Beliefs about Organ Donation (PABOD) Scale into Turkish and to evaluate its validity and reliability.Methods: The study was conducted between November and December 2024 with 318 adult participants reached through a virtual snowball sampling method from the seven geographical regions of Turkey. Data were collected online using the PABOD. Construct validity was assessed through Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA), and reliability was evaluated using Cronbach’s alpha and the split-half methods.Results: Sample adequacy was found to be excellent (KMO = 0.902; Bartlett’s χ² = 5995.595, p