Maroof Sana, Kiyani Nimrah, Zaman Zahra, Gul Raisa Khan, Nayyar Sarah, Azmat Ayesha, Anwar Nageen, Shah Rahim, Iqbal Saima, Junaid Aliya
Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2011 Aug;61(8):828-32.
To assess the level of awareness and ethical issues related to organ donation especially kidney donation and the willingness to donate a kidney among the rural population of Pakistan.
A cross sectional study was conducted in a sample of 324 subjects residing in Nurpur Shahan by means of a pre tested questionnaire. Data collection was carried out via a face to face interview and the data was analyzed using SPSS 10.0 and associations were tested using the Chi-square test.
Knowledge about organ donation was significantly associated with age (p = 0.00) and education (p = 0.024). Allowance of organ donation in religion was an important factor in determining the attitude of individuals towards organ donation and their willingness to donate. Media emerged as a major source of information for the population of Nurpur Shahan; kidney was the organ most known for its donation. Most (69%) respondents did not consider organ vending to be ethically correct but a sizeable proportion (25%) thought it may be considered in times of dire need.
Awareness of organ donation in our sample was high and more than half of the people were willing to become donors.
评估巴基斯坦农村人口对器官捐献尤其是肾脏捐献的认知水平、相关伦理问题以及捐献肾脏的意愿。
采用预先测试的问卷，对居住在努尔布尔沙汉的324名受试者进行横断面研究。通过面对面访谈收集数据，并使用SPSS 10.0进行数据分析，采用卡方检验检验相关性。
关于器官捐献的知识与年龄（p = 0.00）和教育程度（p = 0.024）显著相关。宗教对器官捐献的认可程度是决定个人对器官捐献的态度及其捐献意愿的一个重要因素。媒体成为努尔布尔沙汉居民的主要信息来源；肾脏是最广为人知的可捐献器官。大多数（69%）受访者认为器官买卖在伦理上不正确，但相当一部分（25%）人认为在急需时可以考虑。
我们样本中的器官捐献认知水平较高，超过半数的人愿意成为捐献者。
