Sağiroğlu M, Günay O, Balci E
Erciyes University Medical Faculty Department of Public Health, Kayseri, Turkey.
Int J Organ Transplant Med. 2015;6(1):1-7.
Attitudes of medical and law personnel towards organ donation are very important.
To compare the attitudes of the medical and law students towards organ donation.
498 students in the 1(st) and 4(th) grades of the medical and law faculties of Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey, in 2011-12 academic year, were included in this study. A questionnaire consisting of 31 questions on socio-demographic characteristics of the students and their attitudes towards organ donation and transplantation was administered to the participants.
The percentage of the students who donated organs was 1%. Approximately, 48% of the medical students and 34% of the law students stated that they think to donate organs. The percentage of the students with a positive attitude towards organ donation was found significantly higher among the medical students than the law students, and higher among the 4th grade compared to the 1(st) grade.
The percentages of the students who have donated organs and think to donate are rather low. Medical students' attitude towards organ donation was more positive than the law students.
医学和法律从业人员对器官捐赠的态度非常重要。
比较医学专业和法律专业学生对器官捐赠的态度。
本研究纳入了土耳其开塞利埃尔西耶斯大学医学院和法学院2011 - 2012学年1年级和4年级的498名学生。向参与者发放了一份包含31个问题的问卷,内容涉及学生的社会人口学特征及其对器官捐赠和移植的态度。
捐赠过器官的学生比例为1%。大约48%的医学专业学生和34%的法律专业学生表示他们考虑捐赠器官。结果发现,医学专业学生中对器官捐赠持积极态度的比例显著高于法律专业学生,且4年级学生高于1年级学生。
已捐赠器官和考虑捐赠的学生比例相当低。医学专业学生对器官捐赠的态度比法律专业学生更积极。