Palamar Melis, Durusoy Raika, Egrilmez Sait, Salis Oguzhan, Yagci Ayse
Ege University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Ophthalmology, Izmir, Turkey.
Exp Clin Transplant. 2011 Apr;9(2):134-8.
As the deceased-donor organ shortage has become a common problem, we sought to investigate the attitudes of people in Izmir, Turkey, concerning corneal donation and transplant.
A questionnaire designed to collect demographic data and determine attitudes concerning corneal donation and transplant, based on 9 questions, was prepared and administered to 1000 people that presented to our outpatient clinics in 2009.
Among the respondents, 54.7% were willing to donate their corneas, while 84.3% were willing to receive corneas, and 15.4% were opposed corneal transplant. Attitudes toward corneal donation were significantly more positive in those with more education than in those with less education. Among participants, the ratio of a positive attitude toward donation significantly increased with decreasing age (P < .001), with a maximum of 66.7% among participants aged 18-24 years and 46.2% among those aged > 65 years. The positive attitude increased with increasing level of education. The donor parameters reported to be of the most importance were religion, nationality, country, ethnicity, and sex (31.3%, 25.1%, 23.5%, 22.8%, and 20.8%).
The primary factor associated with negative attitudes toward organ/tissue donation and receipt is low education. This result suggests that educating and motivating the public might help increase the rate of consent for organ and tissue donation and transplant.
由于已故捐赠者器官短缺已成为一个普遍问题，我们试图调查土耳其伊兹密尔民众对角膜捐赠和移植的态度。
设计了一份问卷，用于收集人口统计学数据并确定对角膜捐赠和移植的态度，该问卷基于9个问题编制而成，并于2009年对前来我们门诊的1000人进行了调查。
在受访者中，54.7%愿意捐赠自己的角膜，而84.3%愿意接受角膜，15.4%反对角膜移植。受教育程度较高者对角膜捐赠的态度明显比受教育程度较低者更为积极。在参与者中，对捐赠持积极态度的比例随年龄降低而显著增加（P <.001），18 - 24岁参与者中这一比例最高，为66.7%，65岁以上者中为46.2%。积极态度随教育水平提高而增加。报告最为重要的捐赠者参数是宗教、国籍、国家、种族和性别（分别为31.3%、25.1%、23.5%、22.8%和20.8%）。
对器官/组织捐赠和接受持消极态度的主要相关因素是低教育水平。这一结果表明，对公众进行教育和激励可能有助于提高器官和组织捐赠及移植的同意率。
