Canova Daniele, De Bona Manuela, Rumiati Rino, Masier Annalisa, Ermani Mario, Naccarato Remo, Cozzi Emanuele, Ancona Ermanno, Burra Patrizia
Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Padua University, Padua, Italy.
Xenotransplantation. 2006 May;13(3):264-71. doi: 10.1111/j.1399-3089.2006.00307.x.
Young people, and students in particular, generally have a positive attitude to xenotransplantation. We reported previously that university students attending their first year approved of the idea of transplanting animal organs into humans. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a 3-yr course at various faculties on the university students' understanding of and attitude to xenotransplantation.
University students in their fourth year at five different faculties of Padua University (Italy), who had previously been surveyed in exactly the same way 3 yr earlier, were re-administered an anonymous 19-item questionnaire on their attitude to xenotransplantation.
A total of 453 students completed the fourth year questionnaire (84 males, 369 females; mean age 24.6 yr, range 21-36 yr). Students were attending courses in Medicine (22.1%), Veterinary Science (16.5%), Agriculture (10.4%), Educational Sciences (22.1%) and Psychology (28.9%). In their fourth year, 85% of the students knew that animal organs could, at some stage, be transplanted into humans, 81.5% approved of this idea and 84% would accept an animal organ to save their life if necessary (these percentages were 88%, 78% and 76%, respectively 3 yr earlier). A significantly larger proportion of the students who approved of xenotransplantation were attending science courses rather than art courses, while no differences emerged as regards gender. Those who refused xenotransplantation justified their position mainly on ethical-moral (41.7%) and immunological (35.7%) grounds.
As in their first year, so too in their fourth, University students were well informed about the feasibility of transplanting animal organs into human beings and those attending science courses were more likely to accept this idea than art students. Approval of xenotransplantation was much the same among fourth year males and females, whereas in the first year, male students had approved more than female students.
年轻人，尤其是学生，通常对异种移植持积极态度。我们之前报道过，大学一年级学生赞成将动物器官移植到人类体内的想法。本研究的目的是评估帕多瓦大学（意大利）各学院为期3年的课程对大学生对异种移植的理解和态度的影响。
对帕多瓦大学五个不同学院的四年级大学生进行了重新调查，这些学生在3年前曾以完全相同的方式接受过调查，此次重新发放了一份关于他们对异种移植态度的19项匿名问卷。
共有453名学生完成了四年级问卷（84名男性，369名女性；平均年龄24.6岁，范围21 - 36岁）。学生们分别修读医学（22.1%）、兽医学（16.5%）、农业学（10.4%）、教育科学（22.1%）和心理学（28.9%）课程。在四年级时，85%的学生知道在某些阶段动物器官可以移植到人类体内，81.5%的学生赞成这一想法，84%的学生表示如果有必要会接受动物器官来挽救自己的生命（3年前这些比例分别为88%、78%和76%）。赞成异种移植的学生中，修读科学课程的比例明显高于修读艺术课程的学生，而在性别方面没有差异。拒绝异种移植的学生主要基于伦理道德（41.7%）和免疫学（35.7%）理由来为自己的立场辩护。
和一年级时一样，四年级的大学生也充分了解将动物器官移植到人类体内的可行性，修读科学课程的学生比艺术专业的学生更有可能接受这一想法。四年级的男女生对异种移植的赞成程度大致相同，而在一年级时，男生的赞成率高于女生。
