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A Multicentre and stratified study of the attitude of medical students towards organ donation in Spain.
Ríos, A, López-Navas, A, López-López, A, Gómez, FJ, Iriarte, J, Herruzo, R, Blanco, G, Llorca, FJ, Asunsolo, A, Sánchez, P, et al
Ethnicity & health. 2019;(4):443-461
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Medical students represent a new generation of medical thought, and if they have a favourable attitude towards organ donation this will greatly encourage its promotion. OBJECTIVE To analyse the attitude of medical students in Spanish universities towards the donation of their own organs and to determine the factors affecting this attitude. MATERIAL AND METHODS Type of study: A sociological, interdisciplinary, multicentre, and observational study in Spain. STUDY POPULATION Students studying a degree in medicine enrolled in Spain (n = 34,000). SAMPLE SIZE A sample of 9598 students (confidence of 99% and precision of ±1%), stratified by geographical area and academic year. Instrument of measurement: A validated questionnaire of attitude towards organ donation and transplantation (PCID-DTO RIOS) was self-administered and completed anonymously. RESULTS The questionnaire completion rate was 95.7% (n = 9.275). 80% were in favour of donation, 2% against and 18% were undecided. The following main variables were related to a favourable attitude: being of the female sex (Odds Ratio = 1.739); being in the sixth year of the degree (OR = 2.506); knowing a donor (OR = 1.346); having spoken about the subject with one's family (OR = 2.132) and friends (OR = 1.333); having a family circle that is in favour, more specifically, having a father (OR = 1.841), mother (OR = 2.538) or partner in favour (OR = 2.192); being a blood donor (OR = 2.824); acceptance of the mutilation of the body if it were necessary (OR = 2.958); and being an atheist or an agnostic (OR = 1.766). CONCLUSIONS Spanish medical students generally have a favourable attitude towards organ donation, although 20% are not in favour.
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Medical students faced with related and unrelated living kidney donation: a stratified and multicentre study in Spain.
Ríos, A, López-Navas, A, López-López, A, Gómez, FJ, Iriarte, J, Herruzo, R, Blanco, G, Llorca, FJ, Asunsolo, A, Sánchez, P, et al
World journal of urology. 2016;(12):1673-1684
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INTRODUCTION The attitude of medical students towards living kidney donation (LKD) is of great interest given that they will become promoters of this technique in the near future. OBJECTIVE To analyse the attitude of Spanish medical students towards related and unrelated LKD and to determine the factors affecting this attitude. MATERIALS AND METHODS Type of study: A sociological, interdisciplinary, multicentre, and observational study. STUDY POPULATION Medical students enrolled in Spain (n = 34.000). SAMPLE SIZE A sample of 9598 students (99 % confidence and precision of ±1 %), stratified by geographical area and academic year. Measurement instrument: A validated questionnaire (PCID-DVR RIOS) was administered and completed anonymously. RESULTS There was a completion rate of 95.7 % (n = 9275); 93 % (n = 8630) were in favour of related LKD, and 30 % (n = 2784) were in favour of unrelated LKD. The following factors were associated with this attitude: (1) age (p = 0.008); (2) sex (p < 0.001); (3) year of university degree (p < 0.001); (4) a belief that a transplant might be necessary in the future (p < 0.001); (5) attitude towards deceased organ donation (p < 0.001); (6) a willingness to accept a kidney from a living donor (p < 0.001); (7) attitude towards living liver donation (p < 0.001); (8) a partner's attitude towards donation (p < 0.001); (9) having spoken about the subject with one's family (p < 0.001), or friends (p < 0.001); (10) pro-social behaviour (p < 0.001); (11) the respondent's religious attitude (p < 0.001); and (12) fear of possible mutilation of the body after donation (p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS The attitude of medical students towards LKD is very favourable when it is the related kind of donation, and it is associated with factors of general knowledge about organ donation and transplantation and social interaction and religion.