Willingness and reasons of non-medical person for organ donation
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2014.13.006
- VernacularTitle:非医学人员器官捐献意愿调查及原因分析
- Author:
Zhenxia GUO
1
;
Suwen WEI
;
Caiyun ZHANG
Author Information
1. 730000,兰州大学第一医院肾内科
- Keywords:
Organ donation;
Non-medical staff;
Willingness;
Reasons
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(13):1506-1509
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To understand non-medical person' s willingness of organ donation,and analyze its reasons.Methods Using convenient sampling method,540 people who had no medical background were surveyed.Results The rate of willingness for non-medical person to organ donation were 7.7％-35.9％.About 35.9％ were willing to donate organs to their family members.About 8.9％ were willing to donate corpse after their death.And 30.8％ of them were ready for both kind of donation.When asked about strangers,7.9％ of them wanted to donate live organs.29.2％ were willing to donate corpse after their death,and 7.7％ of them were ready for both kind of donation.The reasons for donation live and dead organs were saving lives and prolong life-span of others.Reasons for not willing to donate live organs were fearings for death,worring about body damage,shortened lifespan.Reasons for not willing to donate live organs were fearings for death,worring about body damage,influenced by manners and customs.Conclusions Due to the lack of acknowledge of organ donation,non-medical person was not willing to donate organs.Methods for improving organ donation rates are popularize knowledge of organ donation and transplantation,so as to enhance the recognition of the public.
