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  • Title: Ancillary hospital personnel faced with organ donation and transplantation.
    Author: Ríos A, Conesa C, Ramírez P, Galindo PJ, Martínez L, Fernández OM, Montoya MJ, Rodríguez MM, Lucas D, Parrilla P, Redes Temáticas de Investigación Cooperativa: Estrategias para Optimizar los Resultados en Donacíon y Trasplante, Red C03/03.
    Journal: Transplant Proc; 2006 Apr; 38(3):858-62. PubMed ID: 16647492.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To reduce the number of family organ donation refusals, it is necessary not only to act on the general public but also on the health care system. In this respect, there are data suggesting that the percentage of hospital personnel against donation is high, especially among ancillary personnel. The objective herein was to analyze the attitudes of ancillary hospital professionals toward donation of their own organs and determine factors that conditioned such attitudes. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A random sample in a third-level hospital with a solid organ transplant program was stratified by ancillary services: administrative, porters, maintenance, cleaning, and cooking. Attitudes toward donation of one's own organs after death were evaluated using a questionnaire on psychosocial aspects validated in our area. It included various psychosocial variables that could affect such attitudes. The Student t test and chi-square test were used to evaluate the data. RESULTS: We analyzed 277 respondents of mean age 43 +/- 8 years and 96% women. The level of acceptance of organ donation was 64% (n = 178), whereas 46% were either against or undecided (n = 98). The variables which determined the attitudes were understanding of brain death (P = .004); attitude toward cadaveric manipulation, especially toward autopsy (P = .013) and cremation (P = .004); concern about mutilation after donation (P = .014); religion (P = .032); partner's attitude toward donation (P < .0001); and possibility of needing an organ in the future (P = .031). CONCLUSIONS: Ancillary hospital personnel had similar attitudes toward donation as those of the general public as observed in other studies. The attitudes were determined by many psychosocial factors. A campaign to raise awareness among professionals has become a priority, given that working in a hospital, their unfavorable attitude could have a strong negative impact on the general public.
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