Organ donationDeceasedKnowledge and Attitudes Toward Organ/Tissue Donation and Transplantation Among Health Care Professionals Working in Organ Transplantation or Dialysis Units
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Materials and Methods
We included 309 subjects working at either dialysis (n = 222) or transplantation (n = 87) units across Istanbul in the present study, which was conducted between April and August 2008. A questionnaire was developed based on the literature, it contained 24 items concerning sociodemographic features, current knowledge, attitudes, and behavior concerning organ donation and transplantation. The questionnaire was applied to participants via face-to-face interviews.7, 8 Knowledge, beliefs, and
Results
All of the participants (n = 309) answered the questionaire. The female-to-male ratio was 246:63, and 222 of them were working in a dialysis unit and 87, in a transplantation unit. The number of the nurses and physicians were 249 and 60, respectively. Two hundred seventy-eight (90%) of the participants supported organ and tissue donation and transplantation. In contrast, 30 (9.7%) of them were not sure, and only one person was opposed to organ donation and transplantation. The percentage of
Discussion
In Turkey, as in the rest of world, the number of patients on waiting lists is increasing steadily due to the stagnant number of organ donations associated with the persistent organ shortage,2 leading to deaths on transplant waiting lists.9 The deficit in donations has been reported to be the result of insufficient public awareness about organ/tissue donation and procurement,1 areas for which health professionals appear to have pivotal roles,9 by providing most appropriate information to
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