Study of knowledge and attitude of nurses in Sanandaj city toward organ donation

Abstract

Background & Aim: Nowadays, organ transplantation is the final treatment for the patients with end-stage organ dysfunction. Considering the importance of the organ donation and the important role of nurses in increasing the number of organ donations, the present study aimed to determine the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in Sanandaj hospitals toward organ donation.
 Materials & Methods: This study was descriptive-analytic (cross-sectional). 250 nurses working in hospitals in Sanandaj city were selected by stratified sampling method in 2017 and completed the questionnaire on knowledge and attitude towards organ donation. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 20, using independent t-test and ANOVA.
 Results: The results showed that the mean score of knowledge was 13/2±04/ 57 and the mean score of attitude was 44.7±82.75 and 207 (82.2%) did not have a donation card, while 146 nurses (58.4%) tended to receive a donation card. The mean score of nurses' knowledge about donation was 13.2±26/49 and the mean score of their attitude was 13.2±07. 91. There was also a significant correlation between attitude and level of education (p=0/045).
 Conclusion: According to the results, the knowledge and attitude of the majority of nurses were moderate and most of them did not have a donation card. Considering the importance of this effective group in increasing the culture of the community toward organ donation, education and preparing appropriate background for receiving, and increasing knowledge and attitudes toward organ donation for the nurses is necessary.

Knowledge and Attitude of Iranian Medical University Students about Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…The present study illustrated that the most used source of information regarding organ donation and transplantation was TV. The results of several studies done in Iran and other foreign studies were consistent to this study and in all of them TV was found as the main source of information ( 17 , 19 , 27 – 34 ). The results of the study carried out by Manzari et al among families with brain dead patient, pointed to the effective role of TV in decision-making of family regard donating their family member organs ( 35 ).…”

Evaluation of the Effect of Clinical Scenario-Based Educational Workshop and Reflection on the Knowledge and Attitude of Head Nurses and Clinical Supervisors toward in the Brain Death and Organ Donation

“…The lowest score is 18 and the highest score is 72. Content validity and the reliability of the knowledge and attitude questionnaire have been confirmed by Valiee et al in 2019 (15). In this study, the content validity of the questionnaires was confirmed by 15 nursing professors of Fasa University of Medical Sciences.…”

“…In this regard, the results of studies conducted by Naçar et al (2015) in Turkey, Khalid et al (2019) in Pakistan, Poreddi et al (2016) in India and Huern et al (2016) in Malaysia showed that nurses' knowledge of organ donation was at low level and educational interventions were needed in this area (11)(12)(13)(14). Nursing staff can play an important role in the organ donation process and the most studies conducted in Iran on nurses' knowledge and attitudes about brain death and organ donation are descriptive and limited interventional studies have been conducted in this area, and these interventional studies have used only lecture form of education and less modern educational method of clinical scenariobased method leading to active and deep learning has been used (15)(16)(17). Hence, the present study was conducted to evaluate the effect of clinical scenario-based educational workshop and re-thinking on the knowledge and attitude of head nurses and clinical supervisors in the area of organ donation in Fasa Hospital in southwestern of Iran in 2019 (18,19).…”

Nurses' challenges in caring for an organ donor brain dead patient and their solution strategies: A systematic review

“…[ 2 ] Recently, research has focused on the important role of nurses in brain death and the organ donation process. [ 3 ] Nurses are important professionals in this area because they measure the vital signs of patients, and maintain hemodynamic stability so that donor organs remain viable. [ 4 ]…”

“…[ 7 ] In addition, results of previous studies have shown that nurses play several roles in this regard such as identifying potential organ donors, effectively following-up on the needs of brain dead patients' families, educating the public, and care of possible organ donors. [ 3 6 8 ] The latter may be extremely important to the success of organ donation. [ 9 ]…”