Medical students' knowledge, attitudes and awareness toward organ donation

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dc.authoridözer, ali/0000-0002-7144-4915
dc.authoridAkbulut, Sami/0000-0002-6864-7711
dc.authorwosidözer, ali/ABI-2209-2020
dc.authorwosidAkbulut, Sami/L-9568-2014
dc.contributor.authorAkbulut, Sami
dc.contributor.authorDemyati, Khaled
dc.contributor.authorToman, Irem
dc.contributor.authorGaygili, Zeynep
dc.contributor.authorKaya, Semih
dc.contributor.authorAkpolat, Vildan Rana
dc.contributor.authorCing, Ayla
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:52:03Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:52:03Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractObjective: This survey study aimed to evaluate medical students' attitudes, knowledge, and awareness toward organ donation. Methods: For this questionnaire-based cross-sectional study, 1000 medical students were interviewed, out of which 950 students agreed to participate in the study and were enrolled. A questionnaire form consisting of 29 questions was used to determine the students' socio-demographic characteristics and rate their knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about organ donation. Results: While 95.5% (n = 907) of the students stated that they had not donated organs, 41.1% stated that they had not yet decided to donate organs, and 59.7% stated that they had no specific reason for them not donating organs. Out of the participants, 68.1% stated that organ donation complies with the Islamic rules; 40.7% stated that the Directorate of Religious Affairs issued a fatwa on organ donation, and 39.4% stated that there are legal regulations on organ donation in the country. While 22.1% of the students stated that a person with brain death could come back to life, 19.7% stated that they did not know about this issue. The students who had donated organs and who did not show significant differences regarding the answers given to the questions about whether organ donation complies with religious rules (p < 0.001), where one must apply to donate organs (p = 0.032), the will to donate the organs of a relative with brain death (p = 0.004), and whether preaching in mosques and foundations is needed to increase organ donation rates (p = 0.042). Although there was a correlation between the students' grade and their attitude and knowledge about organ donation, this correlation was weak and showed no parallelism with increasing grades. Conclusion: This study indicates that medical students have inadequate knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors about organ donation. In our opinion, it is of paramount importance to provide physician candidates, who should set an example for society, with periodic training on organ donation throughout their academic life in shaping the national organ donation policy in the future.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.trim.2022.101634
dc.identifier.issn0966-3274
dc.identifier.issn1878-5492
dc.identifier.pmid35623595en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85131464489en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.trim.2022.101634
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/100703
dc.identifier.volume73en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000808531600002en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.relation.ispartofTransplant Immunologyen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectOrgan donationen_US
dc.subjectMedical studentsen_US
dc.subjectAttitudesen_US
dc.subjectKnowledge levelsen_US
dc.subjectAwarenessen_US
dc.subjectBarriers to the organ donationen_US
dc.titleMedical students' knowledge, attitudes and awareness toward organ donationen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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