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Organ Donation Related With Attitude Toward the Law of Presumed Consent: Spanish University Medical and Nursing Students Study.
María Del Carmen Prado-lagunaJuan Manuel Arribas-marinHelena Hernández-martínezRafaela Blanco-sánchezElena Santainés BorredáPilar SánchezAlberto González-garcíaAlicia Muiños-álvarezMaria Teresa De JesúsGerardo BlancoJ. A. BondíaJuan Ramón Hernández HernándezSilvia García-mayorGuillermo A. Cañadas-de La FuenteÁNgel AsúnsoloMaría Dolores Calvo-sánchezJosé YélamosAlberto LanaJ. VirsedaP. R. GutiérrezCarme Bertran-noguerA. López-navasPablo RamírezFrancisco Faus-gabandéJuan Carlos NavalónMaría Concepción Agras-suarezAdelina Martínez-rodríguezJorge IriarteF. J. GómezAntonio RíosLaura Martínez-alarcónLoreto Peyró-gregoriPascual ParrillaMaria Pilar Peña-amaroCarmen Bárcena-calvoMaria Nelia Soto-ruízLidia FuentesBarbara Hurtado-pardosMaria Francisca Jiménez-herreraCatalina Perelló-campanerA. FernándezRafael HerruzoF. J. LlorcaPilar Bas-sarmientosubject
AdultMaleHealth Knowledge Attitudes PracticeStudents MedicalTissue and Organ ProcurementUniversitiesPopulationeducationMEDLINENursingCompletion rateSurveys and QuestionnairesHealth caremedicineHumansOrgan donationeducationWastingTransplantationeducation.field_of_studybusiness.industryOrgan TransplantationAplicación de la leyTransplantationTrasplante de órganosObtención de tejidos y órganosLawSurgeryObservational studyFemaleStudents Nursingmedicine.symptomPsychologybusinessPresumed Consentdescription
Information provided by health care professionals is crucial to create a climate of social opinion. This is important in organ donation and transplantation (ODT), where the participation of the general public is essential to obtain organs. Objective To determine the attitude toward the Law of Presumed Consent (LPC) among Spanish university students and to analyze their relation with attitude toward ODT. Methods and design. The type of study was a sociologic, multicenter, observational study. The population included medical and nursing students in Spanish universities. Database of Collaborative International Donor Project was used stratified by geographic area and academic course. A validated questionnaire (Collaborative International Donor Project, organ donation and transplantation questionnaire in Spanish [PCID-DTO-RIOS]) was self-administered and completed anonymously. A sample of 9598 medical and 10,566 nursing students was analyzed (99% confidence and precision of ±1%) and stratified by geographic area and year of study. Results Completion rate was 90%. Regarding attitude toward LPC, 66% of the students were against the law, whereas 34% accepted it. Of the students surveyed, 9% considered the law as a gesture of solidarity, 25% as an effective way of not wasting organs, 48% as an abuse of power, and 18% as offenses against the family. Those students who were in favor of LPC also had a more favorable attitude toward ODT (86% vs 76%; P < .001). Comparing groups, nursing students were less in favor of LPC than medical students (32% vs 36%; P < .000). Conclusion Sixty-six percent of Spanish university medical and nursing students were against the LPC. The favorable attitude toward ODT is associated with considering the law as a gesture of solidarity or as an effective way of not wasting organs. Sin financiación 1.066 JCR (2020) Q4, 160/162 Immunology 0.373 SJR (2020) Q3, 260/456 No data IDR 2020 UEM
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| 2020-01-01 |