Attitudes towards organ donation among waitlisted transplant patients: results of a cross-sectional survey (original) (raw)
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Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, 2012
Background and objective The acceptability of financial incentives for organ donation is contentious. This study sought to determine (1) the acceptability of expense reimbursement or financial incentives by the general public, health professionals involved with organ donation and transplantation, and those with or affected by kidney disease and (2) for the public, whether financial incentives would alter their willingness to consider donation. Design, setting, participants, & measurements Web-based survey administered to members of the Canadian public, health professionals, and people with or affected by kidney disease asking questions regarding acceptability of strategies to increase living and deceased kidney donation and willingness to donate a kidney under various financial incentives. Results Responses were collected from 2004 members of the Canadian public October 11-18, 2011; responses from health professionals (n=339) and people with or affected by kidney disease (n=268) were collected during a 4week period commencing October 11, 2011. Acceptability of one or more financial incentives to increase deceased and living donation was noted in .70% and 40% of all groups, respectively. Support for monetary payment for living donors was 45%, 14%, and 27% for the public, health professionals, and people with or affected by kidney disease, respectively. Overall, reimbursement of funeral expenses for deceased donors and a tax break for living donors were the most acceptable. Conclusion The general public views regulated financial incentives for living and deceased donation to be acceptable. Future research needs to examine the impact of financial incentives on rates of deceased and living donors.
Public Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Cross-Cultural Study
Transplantation Proceedings, 2005
Objective. The aim of this study was to determine the knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and determinants of organ donation and transplantation in a Qatari population. Design. This is a cross-sectional study to determine the knowledge and attitude toward organ donation in a Peninsula Arabian Gulf country. Setting. The setting was Primary Health Care (PHC) Centers and community-based study in Qatar. Subjects. A multistage sampling design was used in a representative sample of 1600 Qataris and non-Qataris, including males and females of at least 17 years of age, from October 2003 to May 2004. In this study a 1305 (81.5%) subjects participated, each giving consent for the study.
A Study on the Awareness and Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in a Tertiary Care Hospital
International Journal For Multidisciplinary Research, 2023
Shortage of organs available for organ transplantation is a major problem worldwide. The organ donation rate for cadaver currently in India is 0.08 per million, while Spain tops the list with 35 per million, evidently the need for the transplants is higher than the availability. Majority of organ failure patients die while on the waiting list due to lack of timely availability of organs. Prerequisites for the success of transplantation program include awareness and positive attitudes of individuals in the society. This cross-sectional study was undertaken with the aim to access the awareness on organ donation as well as their attitudes and willingness towards becoming a donor is the future. Analyzing the level of awareness and their attitude towards organ donation can help organizations as well as the government to take corrective action in the form of educational programs to bridge the gap successfully. The data was collected via questionnaires; these 13 questions were divided into 3 sections, demographic section, awareness section and attitudes section. As per the data collected from 114 participants 58.8% participants were males and 41% were females while majority were above the age group of 45 years. Holding an undergraduate degree or being uneducated. While majority of the participants 75.6% are aware of the term organ donation and are also aware of organs that can and cannot be donated. A huge number of participants 92% are unaware of the procedure to register as a donor. The highest reason of refusal to be organ donors was found to be religious belief (43%) and family disapproval (33.3%). These reasons for refusal were observed in other studies as well. Thus, while majority of the participants are highly aware of the term "organ donation", their attitude and willingness towards becoming an organ donor is found to be negative.
Organ Donation Perception and Practices among.
IntroductIon Organ transplantation has been one of the most remarkable therapeutic advances in the field of medicine, saving thousands of lives and improving the quality of life of millions of people with end-stage organ failures, over the decades. [1] Since the first-ever organ transplantation in 1954, there have been rapid advancements in the science of organ transplantation to a point where today, organ transplantation is being viewed as a routine, reliable, and cost-effective choice of treatment for many chronic conditions involving end-stage organ failure. [2,3] However, the quantum of donated organs available for transplantation is nowhere close to the global needs, as we face a perennial and critical shortage of organ donors, both living and cadaveric. The shortage of organ donors is especially severe in Asian countries, including India. [4] Human organ donation has been recognized as legal practice in India since 1994 as per "The Transplantation of Human Organs Act, 1994." [5] The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization is the nodal agency to oversee and regulate organ donation and transplantation (ODT) practices in India. Despite various initiatives by the national and state governments, [6,7] the organ donation environment in the country has not seen any major improvements over the decades. The organ donation program in India is essentially still in its infancy and the core issues of donor availability remain unchanged. [8,9] Background: Organ donation rates in India are among the lowest globally. The complex interplay of social, religious, and media influences behind organ donation in today's social milieu is not fully understood. Health-care professionals are in a unique position to influence popular perception on organ donation through their practices. Objectives: The objective of this study was to explore organ donation-related perceptions and practices among health science students from southern India. Methods: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based, online descriptive study was carried out among undergraduate health science students from the medical, nursing, and allied health science streams in Coimbatore, western Tamil Nadu. A total of 618 respondents participated in the online survey conducted during the summer 2021. Statistical analysis was done using IBM SPSS version 27 statistical package. Results: The general awareness levels and perceptions regarding organ donation were fairly high, and 83.1% were interested in becoming an organ donor. Even though a sizable proportion (37.4%) were ready to pledge right away, many did not know how to take the next step-the actual pledging for organ donation. Apprehensions relating to organ donation fell under few major themes-concerns of misuse of organ donation platforms for monetary gains; cumbersome legal procedures; family, social, and religious beliefs; and influences of popular media. Conclusions: Despite a fair degree of knowledge, the practice of organ donation seems to be relatively low among the participants, owing to a multitude of reasons. If enabled appropriately, health science graduates would be the perfect ambassadors for promoting organ donation in the society.
Knowledge and Attitudes about Organ Donation Among Medical Students
In almost every country, the organ supply for transplantation does not match the increasing demand; health professionals may play an important role in eliminating barriers and increasing organ donation. Therefore, assessing medical students’ knowledge and attitudes regarding organ donation is important for the future organ supply. Some 409 of 508 first- and second-year medical students answered an anonymous, multiple-choice questionnaire about demographic variables, knowledge about transplant issues, and willingness to donate organs. The mean age was 20.3±1.8 years (range: 17 to 29 years); 50.1% were male, 49.9% were female. Some 44.8% of the total respondents reported that they had sufficient knowledge about organ donation, and 40.1% reported knowledge about organ transplantation. The primary source of their knowledge was reported as the media (72.1%). Willingness to donate their own organs was 58.4% and willingness as to their relatives’ organs was 39.9%. The acceptance of live or...
Attitudes toward organ donation and transplantation
Social Science & Medicine, 1994
The main purpose of this study was to reach a deeper understanding of factors influencing the attitudes toward organ donation and other procedures with the dead body. From a survey of 400 inhabitants of Uppsala, a city in the middle of Sweden, concerning attitudes toward transplantation issues, 38 individuals with different attitudes toward donation of their own organs were selected for follow-up interviews. From the interviews, more than 600 statements concerning motives and reactions to medical procedures with the dead body were listed. These statements were summarized in 20 motive categories, in which 17 the nature of the motives were negative to organ donation and three promoting such a procedure. The categories were then analyzed and interpreted within a frame of reference of psychodynamic defense theory. In several cases it was possible to relate them to common death anxiety defenses. Six different motive complexes were extracted. These are called (1) illusion of lingering life; (2) protection of the value of the individual; (3) distrust, anxiety and alienation; (4) respecting the limits set by Nature or God; (5) altruism; and (6) rationality. Individuals not willing to donate their own organs were judged as either (a) reacting out of strenthened death anxiety defenses, or (b) as having a special outlook on life, where the idea of what is 'natural' was emphasized. The adverse reactions of the positive attitude group were seen as initial reactions perceived as derivations of common death anxiety defenses and weakened when confronted with altruistic and fact-stressing arguments. In the 'undecided group' of 14 persons, I1 arrived at a definite opinion. Seven decided for organ donation when their mistaken beliefs were corrected or when they took time to work through their initial uneasiness, while 4 persons actually were clearly negative. Three still remained uncertain. The stability of these attitudes seems to be high, often being experienced as a part of one's philiosophy of life.