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Nursing Students' Knowledge About Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Spanish Multicenter Study.

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Este artículo se encuentra disponible en la siguiente URL: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0041134519311832?via%3Dihub En este artículo de investigación también participan: Carmen Bárcena-Calvo, Catalina Perelló-Campaner, Juan Manuel Arribas-Marin, Silvia García-Mayor, Maria Nelia Soto-Ruíz, Juan Carlos Navalón, Carme Bertran-Noguer, Maria Pilar Peña-Amaro, Maria Francisca Jiménez-Herrera, Rafaela Blanco-Sánchez, Maria Dolores Calvo-Sánchez, María Carmen Prado-Laguna, Alberto González-García, Adelina Martínez-Rodríguez, Pilar Bas-Sarmiento, Francisco Faus-Gabandé, Alicia Muiños-Alvarez, Loreto Peyró-Gregori, Hernández-Martínez Helena, Aida Saez, Álvaro Sánchez, Ana López-Navas, Pablo Ramírez y Pascual Parrilla. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article: Martínez-Alarcón, L., Ríos, A., Santainés-Borredá, E., Agras-Suarez, M. C., Cañadas-De la Fuente, G. A., Hurtado-Pardos, B. et al. (2019). Nursing students' knowledge about organ donation and transplantation: a Spanish multicenter study. Transplantation Proceedings, vol. 51, i. 9 (nov.), pp. 3008?3011, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.08.019. Este es el pre-print del siguiente artículo: Martínez-Alarcón, L., Ríos, A., Santainés-Borredá, E., Agras-Suarez, M. C., Cañadas-De la Fuente, G. A., Hurtado-Pardos, B. et al. (2019). Nursing students' knowledge about organ donation and transplantation: a Spanish multicenter study. Transplantation Proceedings, vol. 51, i. 9 (nov.), pp. 3008?3011, que se ha publicado de forma definitiva en https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.08.019 Healthcare professionals and the information that they provide to the public on organ donation and transplantation (ODT) influence attitudes toward this option. Objective: to analyze the knowledge of university nursing students at Spanish universities toward ODT and the factors affecting it. METHODS AND DESIGN: A multicenter, sociological and observational study including university nursing diploma students in a complete academic year. PARTICIPANTS: A sample of 10,566 students was selected stratified by geographical area and year. Instrument: a validated questionnaire of knowledge toward ODT (PCDI-DTO RIOS), self-administered and completed anonymously. RESULTS: Questionnaire completion rate: 85% (n=9001). Only 18% (n=1580) believed that their knowledge about ODT was good, 40% (n=3578) believed that the information they had was normal and 39% that their knowledge was sparse. Of the students, 96% believed that organ needs are not covered and 79% that one might need a transplant in the future. Only 39% (n=3493) had attended a talk about ODT. Furthermore, 83% (n=7435) believed that attending a talk, would it be interesting. The following variables were associated with having a more adequate knowledge: gender (62% men vs. 57% women; P<0.001); academic year (P<0.001); knowing a donor (P<0.001); knowing a transplant patient (P<0.001); believing the possibility of needing a transplant oneself in the future (P<0.001) attitude toward deceased donation (P<0.001); interest in receiving an informative talk about ODT (P<0.001). CONCLUSION: Only 18% of nursing students in Spain believed that their knowledge about ODT was adequate. These results must be considered for possible training plans for these future professionals. Preprint