Open AccessAttitude of Primary Healthcare Personnel Toward Living Donation: A Multicenter Study in the Southeast of Spain
Author(s) -
Ríos Antonio,
Ramírez Pablo,
Sánchez José,
Sánchez Enrique,
MartínezAlarcón L.,
García José Antonio,
Parrilla Pascual
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
dialysis & transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1932-6920
pISSN - 0090-2934
DOI - 10.1002/dat.20354
Subject(s) - respondent , medicine , donation , psychosocial , organ donation , family medicine , positive attitude , willingness to accept , health care , transplantation , social psychology , psychology , surgery , willingness to pay , psychiatry , political science , law , economics , microeconomics , economic growth
OBJECTIVE To determine the attitude of primary healthcare personnel toward living donation and the psychosocial variables that affect this attitude. METHODS A random sample was taken of 428 primary healthcare employees in 32 healthcare centers (October 2002 and October 2003). The sample was stratified by job category and geographical location. Attitude was evaluated using a validated questionnaire that was completed anonymously and was self‐administered. RESULTS Attitudes toward living donation are favorable in 90% and 88% of respondents to kidney and liver donation respectively, although these percentages fall to only 18% and 17% if the donation is not related. This positive attitude is related to the following variables: (1) a favorable attitude toward deceased‐donor donation; (2) discussion of the subject within the family or with the respondent's partner; (3) having attended to a transplant patient; (4) a respondent's belief that he or she might need a transplant one day and (5) a willingness to receive a living organ if one were needed in the future, and (6) a relationship has also been found between a favorable attitude and a willingness to receive a living organ from a relative ( p .000). CONCLUSION Primary healthcare personnel have a favorable attitude toward related living donation and there are no differences in attitude according to the type of organ. Attitude is influenced by variables that are closely related to a respondent's willingness to receive a living donated organ if one were needed and having discussed the subject within the family.