Al Bshabshe Ali A, Wani Javed Iqbal, Rangreze Imran, Asiry Mohammed Ali M, Mansour Haitham, Ahmed Alhassan Gaba'n, Assiri Jabber Madi
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia.
Saudi J Kidney Dis Transpl. 2016 Sep-Oct;27(5):966-970. doi: 10.4103/1319-2442.190865.
The gap between demand and supply of organs continues. No country has found a concrete solution for tackling this problem. We attempted to evaluate the general information and attitude of university students in their primary basic science stage, when they did not receive special education regarding brain death and organ donation in Saudi Arabia. Since they were from different cities with different cultures and values, we believe that we could assess the educational needs of future doctors and paramedical staff, to help them gain enough competence for solving the concerns of the population at large. The present study is a secondary analysis of a survey conducted at the King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia, from March to May 2014, about the knowledge of and attitudes toward brain death, organ donation, and transplantation in a sample of university students. A total of 873 university students participated in the survey and 93% from the cohort had heard about brain death. Eighty-five percent got their information about brain death from the media. Seventy-three percent of the cohort had the impression that there is no difference between brain death and natural death. An organized educational program about all aspects of organ donation, particularly from deceased donors, seems necessary in the curriculum, which can be started at an early level and built up gradually to impart a gradual comprehensive knowledge on beliefs and practices about brain death, organ donation, and transplantation. The Saudi Center for Organ Transplantation in collaboration with other regional societies and regional professional organizations has to work together to achieve this long-term goal to save the precious lives of people, awaiting transplantation.
器官供需差距依然存在。没有哪个国家找到解决这一问题的具体办法。我们试图评估沙特阿拉伯大学生在基础科学初级阶段的一般信息和态度，当时他们尚未接受关于脑死亡和器官捐赠的特殊教育。由于他们来自不同城市，有着不同的文化和价值观，我们认为我们能够评估未来医生和医护辅助人员的教育需求，以帮助他们获得足够的能力来解决广大民众的担忧。本研究是对2014年3月至5月在沙特阿拉伯阿卜哈国王哈立德大学对大学生样本进行的一项关于脑死亡、器官捐赠和移植的知识与态度调查的二次分析。共有873名大学生参与了调查，该队列中有93%的人听说过脑死亡。85%的人从媒体获得有关脑死亡的信息。该队列中有73%的人认为脑死亡和自然死亡没有区别。在课程中开展一项关于器官捐赠各个方面，特别是来自已故捐赠者的有组织的教育项目似乎很有必要，该项目可以在早期启动并逐步推进，以便就脑死亡、器官捐赠和移植的信仰与实践逐步传授全面的知识。沙特器官移植中心必须与其他地区协会和地区专业组织合作，共同努力实现这一长期目标，以拯救等待移植的人们的宝贵生命。
