Mikla Marzena, Rachubińska Kamila, Ríos Antonio, Schneider-Matyka Daria, Panczyk Mariusz, Kotwas Artur, Karakiewicz Beata, Grochans Elżbieta, Cybulska Anna Maria
Faculty of Nursing, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain.
Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 48 Zolnierska St., 71-210 Szczecin, Poland.
Eur J Investig Health Psychol Educ. 2024 Apr 23;14(5):1114-1127. doi: 10.3390/ejihpe14050073.
(1) The aim of our study was to determine the attitudes of medical students toward organ donation in the case of brain death. (2) The study was conducted among 1348 medical students from three medical universities in Poland. The research tool was the Polish version of the standardized questionnaire concerning attitudes toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) [PCID-DTO RIOS: A questionnaire designed by the 'International Collaborative Organ Donation project about organ transplantation and donation]. (3) Some sources of information on organ donation were found to have a significant impact on the recipients' knowledge of brain death. These were books, friends, family, lectures in other centers, social media, and the Church. Medical students holding the opinion that recovery and leading a normal lifestyle after brain death is impossible were significantly more likely to donate their organs after death, not for religious reasons and not because they wanted to survive their own death. (4) The medical students in our study showed a high level of awareness and favorable attitudes toward ODT. However, the number of registered donors was low. It is important to educate students on these issues to raise the awareness of both future medical professionals and the public on organ transplantation procedures. The public should be made aware that transplantation procedures are of a high standard, and that the law protects both donors and recipients. These measures would reduce recipients' waiting time, and certainly increase the statistics of the number of life-saving and health-saving procedures.
(1) 我们研究的目的是确定医学生在脑死亡情况下对器官捐赠的态度。(2) 该研究在波兰三所医科大学的1348名医学生中进行。研究工具是波兰语版关于器官捐赠和移植态度的标准化问卷(ODT)[PCID-DTO RIOS:由“器官移植和捐赠国际合作项目”设计的问卷]。(3) 发现一些关于器官捐赠的信息来源对受访者关于脑死亡的知识有重大影响。这些来源包括书籍、朋友、家人、其他中心的讲座、社交媒体和教会。认为脑死亡后恢复并过上正常生活不可能的医学生在死后更有可能捐赠器官,这并非出于宗教原因,也不是因为他们想在自己死后存活。(4) 我们研究中的医学生对器官捐赠和移植表现出较高的认知水平和积极态度。然而,登记捐赠者的数量较少。对学生进行这些问题的教育很重要,以提高未来医学专业人员和公众对器官移植程序的认识。应该让公众意识到移植程序具有高标准,并且法律保护捐赠者和接受者双方。这些措施将减少接受者的等待时间,并且肯定会增加挽救生命和健康程序的数量统计。