From the Department of Pharmacy, Al- Zaytoonah University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan.
Exp Clin Transplant. 2022 Jun;20(6):602-608. doi: 10.6002/ect.2021.0419.
Organ donation rates in the Arabicspeaking world remain low; however, little is known about why. This study adapted an existing questionnaire into Arabic to improve understanding of perceived barriers to donation as a step toward increasing donation rates.
We developed and validated an Arabic version of a published questionnaire, and we used this to collect data on knowledge and attitudes toward organ and tissue donation and transplantation, as well as reasons for the beliefs among adults in Jordan. The questionnaire was circulated through various Facebook groups.
The questionnaire was completed by 404 Jordanian adults. Factor analysis indicated that a 3-factor model was suitable for the present study. These factors were Organ Donation Attitude, Organ Transplantation Attitude, and Fear of Health Outcomes. Generally, knowledge of organ donation was good, although only some respondents were aware of the opt-out system. Attitudes toward donation were favorable, with very few respondents reporting that religious or cultural beliefs would prevent them from donating organs. One surprising finding was that one-third of respondents expressed some degree of distrust of health services.
Efforts to improve organ donation in the Arab world remain in development. We found a substantial awareness of organ donation and largely favorable views of it among selected adults in Jordan. This indicates a need to shift focus away from education and perceived religious and cultural barriers and refocus instead on the concerns regarding distrust of health services by the general population.
阿拉伯语世界的器官捐献率仍然很低；然而，对于为什么会这样，人们知之甚少。本研究将已有的问卷改编为阿拉伯语版本，以增进对捐献障碍的理解，作为提高捐献率的一个步骤。
我们开发并验证了阿拉伯语版的已发表问卷，并使用该问卷收集了约旦成年人对器官和组织捐献和移植的知识和态度以及信仰背后原因的数据。该问卷通过各种 Facebook 群组进行分发。
共有 404 名约旦成年人完成了问卷。因子分析表明，目前的研究适合采用 3 因素模型。这些因素是器官捐献态度、器官移植态度和对健康结果的恐惧。一般来说，器官捐献的知识很好，尽管只有一些受访者知道默认捐献制度。对捐献的态度是有利的，只有极少数受访者表示宗教或文化信仰会阻止他们捐献器官。一个令人惊讶的发现是，三分之一的受访者表示对医疗服务存在一定程度的不信任。
在阿拉伯世界提高器官捐献率的努力仍在发展中。我们发现，约旦选定的成年人对器官捐献有相当大的认识，并且对其持有普遍有利的观点。这表明需要将重点从教育和感知到的宗教和文化障碍上转移，转而关注公众对医疗服务的不信任问题。
