Hyde Melissa K, Chambers Suzanne K
Griffith University, Brisbane, Australia.
Prog Transplant. 2014 Jun;24(2):169-77. doi: 10.7182/pit2014799.
Knowledge is linked consistently with organ donation attitudes, willingness, and consent. Negative information about donation and the recipients of donation can affect public opinion and donation willingness. However, it is unclear which information sources are most important in forming knowledge, particularly in Australia where little prior research exists.
To identify information sources that may inform Australians' organ donation knowledge and attitudes toward transplant recipients.
1487 Australian residents aged 18 years or older who completed an online survey.
Self-reported knowledge, information sources, and attitudes toward transplant recipients.
Participants felt fairly well informed about organ donation, particularly if they registered donation wishes, were female, and were older. More than half reported their driver's license, television news, and discussion with family/friends as donation information sources. However, information sources contributing to knowledge were personal experience, online, hospital, government campaign, discussion with family/friends, Medicare, doctor's surgery, and the newspaper. Differences based on registration status, sex, and age, were found. Discussion with family/friends and movies or television shows, as well as not having seen information in a newspaper or doctor's surgery, contributed to positive attitudes toward recipients, although the variance explained was small.
People felt more informed by personal, medical, and government information sources than by mass media. Family discussion was not only a common information source but also contributed significantly and positively to both donation knowledge and attitudes toward recipients. Further exploration of information sources contributing to donation knowledge and community attitudes toward transplant recipients among young men is needed.
知识与器官捐赠态度、意愿和同意一直存在关联。关于捐赠及捐赠接受者的负面信息会影响公众舆论和捐赠意愿。然而，尚不清楚在形成知识的过程中哪些信息来源最为重要，尤其是在澳大利亚，此前几乎没有相关研究。
确定可能影响澳大利亚人器官捐赠知识及对移植接受者态度的信息来源。
1487名年龄在18岁及以上的澳大利亚居民，他们完成了一项在线调查。
自我报告的知识、信息来源以及对移植接受者的态度。
参与者感觉自己对器官捐赠的了解程度尚可，尤其是那些登记了捐赠意愿的人、女性以及年龄较大者。超过半数的人报告称其驾照、电视新闻以及与家人/朋友的讨论是捐赠信息来源。然而，有助于形成知识的信息来源包括个人经历、网络、医院、政府宣传活动、与家人/朋友的讨论、医疗保险、医生诊所及报纸。发现了基于登记状态、性别和年龄的差异。与家人/朋友的讨论以及电影或电视节目，还有未在报纸或医生诊所看到相关信息，这些因素促成了对接受者的积极态度，尽管所解释的方差较小。
人们认为个人、医疗和政府信息来源比大众媒体更能提供信息。家庭讨论不仅是常见的信息来源，而且对捐赠知识和对接受者的态度都有显著的积极贡献。需要进一步探索有助于年轻男性捐赠知识及社区对移植接受者态度的信息来源。
