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Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan

BACKGROUND: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation in a selected adult population in Pakistan. METHODS: Convenience sampling was used to generate a sample of 440; 408 interviews were successfully completed and used for analysis. Data collection was carried out v...

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Autores principales: Saleem, Taimur, Ishaque, Sidra, Habib, Nida, Hussain, Syedda Saadia, Jawed, Areeba, Khan, Aamir Ali, Ahmad, Muhammad Imran, Iftikhar, Mian Omer, Mughal, Hamza Pervez, Jehan, Imtiaz
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-5
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author Saleem, Taimur
Ishaque, Sidra
Habib, Nida
Hussain, Syedda Saadia
Jawed, Areeba
Khan, Aamir Ali
Ahmad, Muhammad Imran
Iftikhar, Mian Omer
Mughal, Hamza Pervez
Jehan, Imtiaz
author_facet Saleem, Taimur
Ishaque, Sidra
Habib, Nida
Hussain, Syedda Saadia
Jawed, Areeba
Khan, Aamir Ali
Ahmad, Muhammad Imran
Iftikhar, Mian Omer
Mughal, Hamza Pervez
Jehan, Imtiaz
author_sort Saleem, Taimur
collection PubMed
description BACKGROUND: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation in a selected adult population in Pakistan. METHODS: Convenience sampling was used to generate a sample of 440; 408 interviews were successfully completed and used for analysis. Data collection was carried out via a face to face interview based on a pre-tested questionnaire in selected public areas of Karachi, Pakistan. Data was analyzed using SPSS v.15 and associations were tested using the Pearson's Chi square test. Multiple logistic regression was used to find independent predictors of knowledge status and motivation of organ donation. RESULTS: Knowledge about organ donation was significantly associated with education (p = 0.000) and socioeconomic status (p = 0.038). 70/198 (35.3%) people expressed a high motivation to donate. Allowance of organ donation in religion was significantly associated with the motivation to donate (p = 0.000). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that higher level of education and higher socioeconomic status were significant (p < 0.05) independent predictors of knowledge status of organ donation. For motivation, multiple logistic regression revealed that higher socioeconomic status, adequate knowledge score and belief that organ donation is allowed in religion were significant (p < 0.05) independent predictors. Television emerged as the major source of information. Only 3.5% had themselves donated an organ; with only one person being an actual kidney donor. CONCLUSION: Better knowledge may ultimately translate into the act of donation. Effective measures should be taken to educate people with relevant information with the involvement of media, doctors and religious scholars.
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spelling pubmed-27023782009-06-27 Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan Saleem, Taimur Ishaque, Sidra Habib, Nida Hussain, Syedda Saadia Jawed, Areeba Khan, Aamir Ali Ahmad, Muhammad Imran Iftikhar, Mian Omer Mughal, Hamza Pervez Jehan, Imtiaz BMC Med Ethics Research Article BACKGROUND: To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation in a selected adult population in Pakistan. METHODS: Convenience sampling was used to generate a sample of 440; 408 interviews were successfully completed and used for analysis. Data collection was carried out via a face to face interview based on a pre-tested questionnaire in selected public areas of Karachi, Pakistan. Data was analyzed using SPSS v.15 and associations were tested using the Pearson's Chi square test. Multiple logistic regression was used to find independent predictors of knowledge status and motivation of organ donation. RESULTS: Knowledge about organ donation was significantly associated with education (p = 0.000) and socioeconomic status (p = 0.038). 70/198 (35.3%) people expressed a high motivation to donate. Allowance of organ donation in religion was significantly associated with the motivation to donate (p = 0.000). Multiple logistic regression analysis revealed that higher level of education and higher socioeconomic status were significant (p < 0.05) independent predictors of knowledge status of organ donation. For motivation, multiple logistic regression revealed that higher socioeconomic status, adequate knowledge score and belief that organ donation is allowed in religion were significant (p < 0.05) independent predictors. Television emerged as the major source of information. Only 3.5% had themselves donated an organ; with only one person being an actual kidney donor. CONCLUSION: Better knowledge may ultimately translate into the act of donation. Effective measures should be taken to educate people with relevant information with the involvement of media, doctors and religious scholars. BioMed Central 2009-06-17 /pmc/articles/PMC2702378/ /pubmed/19534793 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-5 Text en Copyright © 2009 Saleem et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Saleem, Taimur
Ishaque, Sidra
Habib, Nida
Hussain, Syedda Saadia
Jawed, Areeba
Khan, Aamir Ali
Ahmad, Muhammad Imran
Iftikhar, Mian Omer
Mughal, Hamza Pervez
Jehan, Imtiaz
Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan
title Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan
title_full Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan
title_fullStr Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan
title_short Knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of Pakistan
title_sort knowledge, attitudes and practices survey on organ donation among a selected adult population of pakistan
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2702378/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19534793
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1472-6939-10-5
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