Organ donationOrgan and Tissue Donation Knowledge Among Intensive Care Unit Nurses
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Materials and Methods
This cross-sectional study examined the knowledge and attitudes of 418 nurses who worked in 24 ICUs of eight hospitals in Tehran. Our questionnaire about tissue donation and transplantation included 31 items asking for demographics, knowledge, and attitudes. From these 31 items, we evaluated nurse knowledge by eight questions. The first four questions pertained to judical and legal knowledge; the second two, economic knowledge; and the last two, the concept of brain death. The other 21 items
Results
The 418 ICU nurses who answered the questionnaire had an age range of 22 to 55 years. Their mean age ± standard deviation was 31.9 ± 6.5 years with a normal distribution. The male-to-female ratio was 116 to 302. Among these nurses, 256 (61%) were married. Three hundred sixteen (76%) agreed with organ and tissue donation after death, while 99 (24%) had negative attitudes. “Help to others” versus “honor to body” were the most frequent reasons among positive versus negative attitudes. Only 105/418
Discussion
It seems that most ICU nurses agree with organ and tissue donation after death; they said their main cause is “help to others” as we seen in Tebourski et al's study.4 In nurses with negative attitude toward organ and tissue donation after death, “to honor the body” is the main cause. In Tebourski et al's study, the most common reason for opponents of organ donation was religious thoughts.4 Kececioglu et al also found that religious thoughts can affect on people's attitude toward organ donation.5
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This research has been supported by Tehran University of Medical Sciences and health services grant.