Şahin Zennure Adıgüzel, Üzel Mehmet, Marur Tania, Eren Fatma, Yıldırım Fatma Güler
Department of Anatomy, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Department of Anatomy, Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Ann Anat. 2023 Apr;247:152047. doi: 10.1016/j.aanat.2023.152047. Epub 2023 Jan 20.
Cadaver is a very important educational material for medical faculty students, students of health sciences, residents of any specialty in medicine and specialists. In developed countries, cadavers are mainly obtained by individual donations. However, like in other developing or underdeveloped countries, whole-body donations for cadaveric use in Türkiye are extremely scarce. This study sought to investigate the knowledge and awareness levels of medical faculty students about body donation and the factors that might influence their attitudes to body donation. The aim of the study is, with the results of the questionnaire, to raise public awareness for whole-body donation by creating public spots and by giving place in the official website of the Ministry of Health and make medical faculties to put lectures about body donation and its importance into their anatomy curriculum.
A 31-item questionnaire with close-ended statements was administered to 291 students at Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical Faculty.
Only two of the participants (0.7%) stated that they had already donated their bodies to be used as a cadaver. Of note, those who reported considering whole body donation had higher maternal education levels (p = 0.002). The presence or absence of religious belief and the degree of religiosity were also significant factors, for significantly higher rates of non-believers and those who defined themselves as having a low degree of religiosity were in favor of body donation (p < 0.0001).
According to the religion of Islam, we should inform the relevant media that there is no harm in donating a body. In addition, considering the effect of mother's education level on the decisions of young people on this issue, we can state that we see once again how important women's education is in order to make progress in every field.
尸体是医学院学生、健康科学专业学生、医学各专业住院医师和专家非常重要的教学材料。在发达国家，尸体主要通过个人捐赠获得。然而，与其他发展中国家或不发达国家一样，土耳其用于尸体解剖的全身捐赠极为稀少。本研究旨在调查医学院学生对遗体捐赠的知识和认识水平，以及可能影响他们对遗体捐赠态度的因素。该研究的目的是，根据问卷调查结果，通过创建公共宣传点、在卫生部官方网站上设置相关板块，提高公众对全身捐赠的认识，并促使医学院在解剖学课程中安排有关遗体捐赠及其重要性的讲座。
对伊斯坦布尔大学-切拉帕夏医学院切拉帕夏分校的291名学生进行了一项包含31项封闭式陈述的问卷调查。
只有两名参与者（0.7%）表示他们已经捐赠了自己的遗体用于尸体解剖。值得注意的是，那些表示考虑过全身捐赠的人，其母亲的教育水平较高（p = 0.002）。宗教信仰的有无以及宗教虔诚程度也是重要因素，因为无宗教信仰者和自称宗教虔诚程度较低的人支持遗体捐赠的比例明显更高（p < 0.0001）。
根据伊斯兰教教义，我们应该告知相关媒体，捐赠遗体并无害处。此外，考虑到母亲的教育水平对年轻人在这个问题上的决定的影响，我们可以再次说明，妇女教育对于在各个领域取得进步是多么重要。
