Table 3 Knowledge about and willingness to receive an organ or tissue transplant from a brain-dead donor
All, n = 559 | Medical students, n = 210 | Health science students, n = 146 | Technical students, n = 203 | p-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
“I have received education about organ donation and transplantation during my studies.” | < 0.001 | ||||
Agree | 104 (18.6%) | 61 (29.1%) | 33 (22.6%) | 10 (4.9%) | |
Undecided | 50 (8.9%) | 24 (11.4%) | 17 (11.6%) | 9 (4.4%) | |
Disagree | 386 (69.1%) | 118 (56.2%) | 96 (65.8%) | 172 (84.8%) | |
Did not answer | 19 (3.4%) | 7 (3.3%) | 12 (5.9%) | ||
“During the past year, have you heard, read, or seen information about organ transplantation or donation?” | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes | 142 (25.5%) | 77 (13.8%) | 43 (7.7%) | 22 (4.0%) | |
“I have enough information about organ donation and transplantation.” | < 0.001 | ||||
Agree | 293 (52.4%) | 124 (59.0%) | 90 (61.6%) | 79 (39.0%) | |
Undecided | 71 (12.7%) | 24 (11.4%) | 11 (7.5%) | 36 (17.7%) | |
Disagree | 194 (34.7%) | 61 (29.1%) | 45 (30.8%) | 88 (43.3%) | |
Did not answer | 1 (0.2%) | 1 (0.5%) | - | - | |
“Do you think there is enough information available about organ donation and transplantation?” | 0.14 | ||||
Yes | 144 (38.4%) | 82 (39.0%) | 93 (63.7%) | 7.4 (7.4%) | |
“I think there is enough public discussion about organ donation and transplantation.” | 0.56 | ||||
Agree | 49 (8.8%) | 17 (8.1%) | 18 (12.3%) | 14 (6.9%) | |
Undecided | 131 (23.4%) | 51 (24.3%) | 28 (19.2%) | 52 (25.6%) | |
Disagree | 379 (67.8%) | 142 (67.6%) | 100 (68.5%) | 137 (67.5%) | |
“Do you think it is right that you can get a new organ or tissue transplant even if you refuse to donate your own organs after death?” | 0.016 | ||||
Yes | 278 (49.9%) | 108 (51.4%) | 62 (42.5%) | 108 (53.2%) | |
No | 119 (21.3%) | 43 (20.5%) | 28 (19.2%) | 48 (23.6%) | |
I don’t know | 160 (28.8%) | 59 (28.1%) | 56 (38.3%) | 47 (23.2%) | |
“If in need, I would be willing to receive organ or tissue transplantation from a brain-dead donor.” | 553 (95.3%) | 203 (96.7%) | 142 (97.3%) | 188 (92.6%) | 0.106 |
“I would agree to my own child being an organ donor after his/her death.” (opinion regardless of whether the respondent has children or not) | 0.025 | ||||
Yes | 409 (73.2%) | 169 (80.5%) | 103 (70.5%) | 137 (67.5%) | |
No | 14 (2.5%) | 2 (1.0%) | 4 (2.7%) | 8 (3.9%) | |
I don’t know | 136 (24.3%) | 39 (18.6%) | 39 (26.7%) | 58 (28.6%) |