Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Jimma University, 378, Jimma, Ethiopia.
Facility of Medicine, Jimma University, 378, Jimma, Ethiopia.
BMC Public Health. 2020 May 27;20(1):799. doi: 10.1186/s12889-020-08931-y.
The lack of organ donors has become a limiting factor for the development of organ transplantation programs. Many countries are currently facing a severe shortage of organs for transplantation. Medical students, as future doctors can engage in the role of promoting organ donation by creating awareness and motivating the community to donate their organs besides their voluntary organ donation. The aim of this study is to assess the knowledge, attitude and willingness of undergraduate medical students' towards organ donation at Jimma University.
A cross-sectional study was conducted among 320 medical students from year I to internship using questionnaire in order to assess their knowledge, attitude and willingness regarding organ donation. Data collected was entered using epidata and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 20.
Mean (±SD = standard deviation) age of participants was 23.48 ± 17.025 years. 57.8% of the study subjects were male. There was a statistically significant interaction effect between gender and year of study on the combined knowledge questions (dependent variables) F(25,062) = 1.755,P = 0.014, Wilk's Λ = .033. Variables which were related to a positive attitude towards organ donation were: being of the male sex (Odds Ratio = 1.156); having awareness about organ donation (Odds Ratio = 2.602); not having a belief on the importance of burying intact body (Odds Ratio = 5.434); willingness to donate blood (Odds Ratio = 4.813); and willingness to donate organ (Odds Ratio = 19.424).
High level of knowledge but low level of positive attitude and willingness was noticed among the study participants toward organ donation.
器官捐献者的缺乏已成为器官移植项目发展的限制因素。许多国家目前都面临着严重的器官短缺问题。医学生作为未来的医生，可以通过提高认识和激励社区自愿捐献器官来发挥促进器官捐献的作用。本研究旨在评估吉姆马大学医学生对器官捐献的知识、态度和意愿。
采用横断面研究，对 320 名从一年级到实习阶段的医学生使用问卷进行调查，以评估他们对器官捐献的知识、态度和意愿。使用 epdata 收集的数据，并使用统计软件包（SPSS）版本 20 进行分析。
参与者的平均（±SD=标准差）年龄为 23.48±17.025 岁。57.8%的研究对象为男性。在综合知识问题（因变量）上，性别和学习年限之间存在统计学显著的交互作用 F(25,062)=1.755，P=0.014，Wilk's Λ=.033。与对器官捐献持积极态度相关的变量有：男性（优势比=1.156）；对器官捐献有认识（优势比=2.602）；不认为完整的埋葬身体很重要（优势比=5.434）；愿意献血（优势比=4.813）；愿意捐献器官（优势比=19.424）。
研究参与者对器官捐献的知识水平较高，但积极态度和意愿水平较低。
