International multicenter opinion study: administrative personnel from Spanish and Mexican health centers faced with human organ donation for transplantation.
Transplant Proc
; 42(8): 3093-7, 2010 Oct.
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INTRODUCTION: Administrative personnel from healthcare centers are an important opinion group given their direct relationship to patients and the general public. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyze the attitudes of administrative personnel in Spanish and Mexican healthcare centers toward various kinds of donation. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A random selection of 418 administrative staff from 32 primary care centers and 9 hospitals in Spain and Mexico ("Proyecto Donante, Murcia") used a validated questionnaire to explore attitudes. RESULTS: Most (76%) respondents favored deceased donation. Mexican workers had the most favorable attitude (P<.001). Factors influencing this attitude (P<.05) were as follows: type of healthcare center, clinical service, personal experience of organ donation and transplantation (ODT), attitude toward living donation, attitude toward the donation of a family member's organs, discussion of ODT, partner's attitude toward ODT, participation in pro-social activities, and variables related to attitudes toward the body. Most respondents (89%) favored related living kidney donation (LKD) and 87% favored living liver donation (LLD). Mexican respondents showed the most favorable attitudes (P<.05). Factors influencing this attitude (P<.05) were as follows: personal experience of ODT, belief that a transplant is needed, willingness to accept a living organ, family discussion about ODT, partner's attitude about the matter, and respondent's awareness of the view of his or her religion toward ODT. CONCLUSION: Attitudes toward deceased organ donation were not favorable among administrative personnel from Spanish compared with Mexican centers, although attitudes toward LKD and LLD were favorable in both countries.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Atenção Primária à Saúde
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Transplante
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Obtenção de Tecidos e Órgãos
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Pessoal Administrativo
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Transplant Proc
Ano de publicação:
2010
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha
País de publicação:
Estados Unidos