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Analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death

OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the knowledge and acceptance of the public and professionals working in intensive care units regarding organ donation after cardiac death. METHODS: The three hospitals with the most brain death notifications in Curitiba were selected, and two groups of respondents were establi...

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Autores principales: Bedenko, Ramon Correa, Nisihara, Renato, Yokoi, Douglas Shun, Candido, Vinícius de Mello, Galina, Ismael, Moriguchi, Rafael Massayuki, Ceulemans, Nico, Salvalaggio, Paolo
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Publicado: Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27626950
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160043
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author Bedenko, Ramon Correa
Nisihara, Renato
Yokoi, Douglas Shun
Candido, Vinícius de Mello
Galina, Ismael
Moriguchi, Rafael Massayuki
Ceulemans, Nico
Salvalaggio, Paolo
author_facet Bedenko, Ramon Correa
Nisihara, Renato
Yokoi, Douglas Shun
Candido, Vinícius de Mello
Galina, Ismael
Moriguchi, Rafael Massayuki
Ceulemans, Nico
Salvalaggio, Paolo
author_sort Bedenko, Ramon Correa
collection PubMed
description OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the knowledge and acceptance of the public and professionals working in intensive care units regarding organ donation after cardiac death. METHODS: The three hospitals with the most brain death notifications in Curitiba were selected, and two groups of respondents were established for application of the same questionnaire: the general public (i.e., visitors of patients in intensive care units) and health professionals working in the same intensive care unit. The questionnaire contained questions concerning demographics, intention to donate organs and knowledge of current legislation regarding brain death and donation after cardiac death. RESULTS: In total, 543 questionnaires were collected, including 442 from family members and 101 from health professionals. There was a predominance of women and Catholics in both groups. More females intended to donate. Health professionals performed better in the knowledge comparison. The intention to donate organs was significantly higher in the health professionals group (p = 0.01). There was no significant difference in the intention to donate in terms of education level or income. There was a greater acceptance of donation after uncontrolled cardiac death among Catholics than among evangelicals (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Most of the general population intended to donate, with greater intentions expressed by females. Education and income did not affect the decision. The type of transplant that used a donation after uncontrolled cardiac death was not well accepted in the study population, indicating the need for more clarification for its use in our setting.
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spelling pubmed-50511872016-10-06 Analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death Bedenko, Ramon Correa Nisihara, Renato Yokoi, Douglas Shun Candido, Vinícius de Mello Galina, Ismael Moriguchi, Rafael Massayuki Ceulemans, Nico Salvalaggio, Paolo Rev Bras Ter Intensiva Original Articles OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the knowledge and acceptance of the public and professionals working in intensive care units regarding organ donation after cardiac death. METHODS: The three hospitals with the most brain death notifications in Curitiba were selected, and two groups of respondents were established for application of the same questionnaire: the general public (i.e., visitors of patients in intensive care units) and health professionals working in the same intensive care unit. The questionnaire contained questions concerning demographics, intention to donate organs and knowledge of current legislation regarding brain death and donation after cardiac death. RESULTS: In total, 543 questionnaires were collected, including 442 from family members and 101 from health professionals. There was a predominance of women and Catholics in both groups. More females intended to donate. Health professionals performed better in the knowledge comparison. The intention to donate organs was significantly higher in the health professionals group (p = 0.01). There was no significant difference in the intention to donate in terms of education level or income. There was a greater acceptance of donation after uncontrolled cardiac death among Catholics than among evangelicals (p < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Most of the general population intended to donate, with greater intentions expressed by females. Education and income did not affect the decision. The type of transplant that used a donation after uncontrolled cardiac death was not well accepted in the study population, indicating the need for more clarification for its use in our setting. Associação de Medicina Intensiva Brasileira - AMIB 2016 /pmc/articles/PMC5051187/ /pubmed/27626950 http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160043 Text en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Bedenko, Ramon Correa
Nisihara, Renato
Yokoi, Douglas Shun
Candido, Vinícius de Mello
Galina, Ismael
Moriguchi, Rafael Massayuki
Ceulemans, Nico
Salvalaggio, Paolo
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title Analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death
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title_fullStr Analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death
title_full_unstemmed Analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death
title_short Analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death
title_sort analysis of knowledge of the general population and health professionals on organ donation after cardiac death
topic Original Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5051187/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27626950
http://dx.doi.org/10.5935/0103-507X.20160043
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