Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients
<i>Background and Objectives</i>: With one of the lowest donation rates in the European Union, Romania faces challenges in organ donation from brain death donors, within an opt-in system. This study aims to measure the attitudes and knowledge of ICU patient’s relatives toward organ donat...
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| author | Petru Cotrău Marcel Negrău Viviana Hodoșan Adriana Vladu Cristian Marius Daina Dorel Dulău Carmen Pantiș Lucia Georgeta Daina |
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| description | <i>Background and Objectives</i>: With one of the lowest donation rates in the European Union, Romania faces challenges in organ donation from brain death donors, within an opt-in system. This study aims to measure the attitudes and knowledge of ICU patient’s relatives toward organ donation. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the intensive care unit of the Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, Romania. A 24-item self-administered questionnaire (<i>N</i> = 251) was used to collect data on knowledge about organ and tissue donation and transplantation, as well as the willingness to donate. <i>Results</i>: A high degree of awareness and willingness for organ donation and transplantation was recorded. The main positive predictor of willingness to donate was the perception of helping others by donating their organs after brain death (β = 0.537, OR = 1.711, <i>p</i> < 0.05), and the main negative predictor was the idea that the whole body should be buried intact (β = −0.979, OR = 0.376, <i>p</i> < 0.01). <i>Conclusions</i>: A basic understanding of organ donation and transplantation and favorable attitudes toward organ donation were registered. Families’ interviews for organ donation consent may be affected due to extreme emotional distress. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-683ccdef3073418ab6c75761ad4cc94e2023-11-24T14:54:51ZengMDPI AGMedicina1010-660X1648-91442023-11-015911196610.3390/medicina59111966Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU PatientsPetru Cotrău0Marcel Negrău1Viviana Hodoșan2Adriana Vladu3Cristian Marius Daina4Dorel Dulău5Carmen Pantiș6Lucia Georgeta Daina7Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, 1 University Street, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaEmergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, 410169 Oradea, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, 1 University Street, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, 1 University Street, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaEmergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, 410169 Oradea, RomaniaFaculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Doctoral School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Oradea, 1 University Street, 410087 Oradea, RomaniaEmergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, 410169 Oradea, RomaniaEmergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, 410169 Oradea, Romania<i>Background and Objectives</i>: With one of the lowest donation rates in the European Union, Romania faces challenges in organ donation from brain death donors, within an opt-in system. This study aims to measure the attitudes and knowledge of ICU patient’s relatives toward organ donation. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in the intensive care unit of the Emergency Clinical County Hospital of Oradea, Romania. A 24-item self-administered questionnaire (<i>N</i> = 251) was used to collect data on knowledge about organ and tissue donation and transplantation, as well as the willingness to donate. <i>Results</i>: A high degree of awareness and willingness for organ donation and transplantation was recorded. The main positive predictor of willingness to donate was the perception of helping others by donating their organs after brain death (β = 0.537, OR = 1.711, <i>p</i> < 0.05), and the main negative predictor was the idea that the whole body should be buried intact (β = −0.979, OR = 0.376, <i>p</i> < 0.01). <i>Conclusions</i>: A basic understanding of organ donation and transplantation and favorable attitudes toward organ donation were registered. Families’ interviews for organ donation consent may be affected due to extreme emotional distress.https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/11/1966organ donationbrain deathwillingness to donateICU patient’s relatives |
| spellingShingle | Petru Cotrău Marcel Negrău Viviana Hodoșan Adriana Vladu Cristian Marius Daina Dorel Dulău Carmen Pantiș Lucia Georgeta Daina Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients Medicina organ donation brain death willingness to donate ICU patient’s relatives |
| title | Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients |
| title_full | Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients |
| title_fullStr | Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients |
| title_full_unstemmed | Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients |
| title_short | Organ Donation Awareness among Family Members of ICU Patients |
| title_sort | organ donation awareness among family members of icu patients |
| topic | organ donation brain death willingness to donate ICU patient’s relatives |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1648-9144/59/11/1966 |
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