13th Congress of the Catalan Transplantation SocietyOrgan donation and procurementKnowledge and Attitude of Health Personnel at the Garraf Health Consortium Regarding Donation and Transplantation
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Methods
The CSG is a hospital complex with a total of 429 beds, 7 of which are for patients needing intensive care. At present, it does not have a transplant coordination unit. We undertook a cross-sectional study to determine the attitudes and knowledge regarding organ donation and transplantation among the consortium's 380 health professionals (135 physicians and 245 nurses). We distributed 380 questionnaires; 236 were returned (62.10%). Because the questionnaires were distributed anonymously, we
Results
No differences were detected in donation attitude with demographic data (Table 1). Of the respondents, 69.9% were female (55.6% of physicians and 85.6% of nursing staff) and 30.1% male (44.4% physicians and 14.4% nursing staff). Among the respondents, 82.2% had never worked in a service connected with donation and transplantation, and 86.6% did not hold a donor card. No differences were found in attitudes to donation and transplantation with relation to professional status, with 70.8% of
Discussion
Of the health professionals who responded to the questionnaire, 70.8% said they were in favor of donation in general, with a further 10.6% saying they would only donate certain organs and/or tissues. Although the combined total represents a high percentage (81.4%), it is somewhat lower than the 96% detected by Deulofeu et al [4], although very much in line with figures from other studies (56.6%–89% [1], [10], [11], [12]). If the results are broken down by professional status, we find that 74.4%
Acknowledgments
The authors thank A. Yuste, Head of Teaching at the CSG, for the assistance provided and staff at the hospital for their collaboration in this study. Particular gratitude is also due to Jacinto Sánchez for his time and guidance.
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