Attitudes Toward Organ Donation in an Arab-Based Population.

Autor: Almubark RA; Scientific Department, Sharik Association for Health Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Alghonaim M; Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., BinDhim NF; Scientific Department, Sharik Association for Health Research, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; CEO Office, Saudi Food and Drug Authority, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Attar B; Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Abaalkhail F; College of Medicine, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia., Ammary FA; Comprehensive Transplant Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America., Alqahtani SA; Liver Transplant Centre, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America. Electronic address: salqaht1@jhmi.edu.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Transplantation proceedings [Transplant Proc] 2022 Oct; Vol. 54 (8), pp. 2063-2068. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Oct 01.
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.08.017
Abstrakt: Background: Commitment to organ donation may vary among willing younger and older adults. We aimed to understand attitudes toward organ donation among Arab adults.
Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of a representative sample of adults from 13 regions in Saudi Arabia between February 12, 2021, and March 14, 2021. We stratified the analyses by individuals' age (younger, 18 to 39 years old; older, ≥40 years old).
Results: Of 4217 individuals contacted, 3120 respondents (1846 younger and 1274 older) completed the survey, with a response rate of 74%. We found that 54% of younger and 47% of older respondents expressed support for organ transplantation, and 49% of younger and 35% of older respondents wanted to donate their organs. However, only 4% of younger and 3% of older respondents had registered in the national donor database. Knowledge sources that most likely to influence attitudes toward organ donation for younger and older respondents, respectively, were physician/health care worker (58% and 55%), family member (29% and 26%), scientist/researcher (29% and 22%), and religious scholar (16% and 23%).
Conclusion: Though many younger and older adults express a willingness to donate, few are registered to be a donor. Our findings highlight the influential sources of knowledge that can be implemented in future interventions to increase commitment to organ donation.
(Copyright © 2022 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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