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Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study
Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) involves transplantation of multiple tissues from a donor to a recipient (e.g., skin, muscle, bone). Little is known about the US public’s perceptions of and attitudes toward VCA organ donation. This multi-site, cross-sectional, mixed methods study in...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9701711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36451683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10752 |
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author | Ferzola, Alexander Uriarte, Jefferson Sung, Hannah C. Anderson, Naomi Sidoti, Carolyn Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Sarah E. Downey, Max Vanterpool, Karen B. Langlee, Whitney Klitenic, Samantha Young, Lisa Cooney, Carisa M. Johnson, Ieesha Coleman, Allison Shores, Jaimie T. Segev, Dorry L. Brandacher, Gerald Gordon, Elisa J. Levan, Macey L. |
author_facet | Ferzola, Alexander Uriarte, Jefferson Sung, Hannah C. Anderson, Naomi Sidoti, Carolyn Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Sarah E. Downey, Max Vanterpool, Karen B. Langlee, Whitney Klitenic, Samantha Young, Lisa Cooney, Carisa M. Johnson, Ieesha Coleman, Allison Shores, Jaimie T. Segev, Dorry L. Brandacher, Gerald Gordon, Elisa J. Levan, Macey L. |
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description | Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) involves transplantation of multiple tissues from a donor to a recipient (e.g., skin, muscle, bone). Little is known about the US public’s perceptions of and attitudes toward VCA organ donation. This multi-site, cross-sectional, mixed methods study involved focus groups and surveys to assess members of the general public’s attitudes about VCA, and willingness and barriers to donate VCA organs. Qualitative data were analyzed by thematic analysis; quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. In focus groups (n = 6, 42 participants), most participants were female (57%) and Black (62%) with mean age of 42.6 years. Three main themes emerged: 1) awareness and perceptions of VCA, 2) purpose of VCA donation, 3) and barriers to VCA donation. Participants had heard little about VCA and sought information about VCA donation. Participants perceived VCA as challenging their concepts of “normality” and voiced concerns that VCA would create “Frankenstein[s].” Barriers to VCA donation included disruptions to end-of-life arrangements and information gaps regarding the donation process. Participants reported moderate to high willingness to donate their hands (69%) and face (50%) Public education efforts should address the specific needs and concerns of the public to facilitate VCA donation and family authorization. |
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spelling | pubmed-97017112022-11-29 Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study Ferzola, Alexander Uriarte, Jefferson Sung, Hannah C. Anderson, Naomi Sidoti, Carolyn Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Sarah E. Downey, Max Vanterpool, Karen B. Langlee, Whitney Klitenic, Samantha Young, Lisa Cooney, Carisa M. Johnson, Ieesha Coleman, Allison Shores, Jaimie T. Segev, Dorry L. Brandacher, Gerald Gordon, Elisa J. Levan, Macey L. Transpl Int Health Archive Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation (VCA) involves transplantation of multiple tissues from a donor to a recipient (e.g., skin, muscle, bone). Little is known about the US public’s perceptions of and attitudes toward VCA organ donation. This multi-site, cross-sectional, mixed methods study involved focus groups and surveys to assess members of the general public’s attitudes about VCA, and willingness and barriers to donate VCA organs. Qualitative data were analyzed by thematic analysis; quantitative data were analyzed by descriptive statistics. In focus groups (n = 6, 42 participants), most participants were female (57%) and Black (62%) with mean age of 42.6 years. Three main themes emerged: 1) awareness and perceptions of VCA, 2) purpose of VCA donation, 3) and barriers to VCA donation. Participants had heard little about VCA and sought information about VCA donation. Participants perceived VCA as challenging their concepts of “normality” and voiced concerns that VCA would create “Frankenstein[s].” Barriers to VCA donation included disruptions to end-of-life arrangements and information gaps regarding the donation process. Participants reported moderate to high willingness to donate their hands (69%) and face (50%) Public education efforts should address the specific needs and concerns of the public to facilitate VCA donation and family authorization. Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9701711/ /pubmed/36451683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10752 Text en Copyright © 2022 Ferzola, Uriarte, Sung, Anderson, Sidoti, Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Downey, Vanterpool, Langlee, Klitenic, Young, Cooney, Johnson, Coleman, Shores, Segev, Brandacher, Gordon and Levan. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Health Archive Ferzola, Alexander Uriarte, Jefferson Sung, Hannah C. Anderson, Naomi Sidoti, Carolyn Van Pilsum Rasmussen, Sarah E. Downey, Max Vanterpool, Karen B. Langlee, Whitney Klitenic, Samantha Young, Lisa Cooney, Carisa M. Johnson, Ieesha Coleman, Allison Shores, Jaimie T. Segev, Dorry L. Brandacher, Gerald Gordon, Elisa J. Levan, Macey L. Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study |
title | Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_full | Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_fullStr | Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_full_unstemmed | Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_short | Public Perceptions and Information Needs of VCA Transplantation and Donation: A Mixed Methods Study |
title_sort | public perceptions and information needs of vca transplantation and donation: a mixed methods study |
topic | Health Archive |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9701711/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36451683 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/ti.2022.10752 |
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