Supervisors info:
Τούντας Ιωάννης, Καθηγητής, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Τζαβέλλα Φωτεινή, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής, Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου, Επιβλέπουσα
Καντζανού Μαρία, Επίκουρη Καθηγήτρια, Ιατρική Σχολή, ΕΚΠΑ
Summary:
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors of limited availability of organ donors. In particular, it seeks, first and foremost, to investigate the effect of people's attitudes towards death on their attitude towards organ donation and, secondarily, the corresponding effects of other demographic and social factors.
Method - Material: The study was conducted using a structured questionnaire. Dependent variables were defined the willingness to declare an organ donor volunteer, and the general attitude towards organ donation. Demographic characteristics, social factors and the dimensions of the attitude towards death were used as independent variables. The final sample consists of 138 students of Medicine and Theology School. The statistical processing was implemented by frequency tables, descriptive measures, x2 independence checks, variance analysis and correlation analysis.
Results: The results showed a positive response rate to organ donation of 42.7%, while 2.9% are already registered in the National Donor Register. Dependent variables are influenced by gender, age, year of undergraduate studies, whether someone is aware of someone outside of a friendly and family environment that is an organ donor, whether a member of their family is on a waiting list for a transplant, or and / or outside their family and friendly environment that has been transplanted, as well as whether they avoid the concept of death and / or are afraid of death.
Conclusions: Although the percentage of Greek students has a positive view of organ donation and most of the sample declare their willingness to enroll in the National Donor Register, this positive response is lower than in other countries and / or earlier surveys. Correspondingly, the percentage of those already registered is also lower. Finally, a more positive and a more willing attitude present: (a) in terms of demographic characteristics, women, younger students, and students of senior years of study, (b) social factors, those who know someone out of friendship and family environment who is organ donor, those who have a member of their family on a waiting list for transplantation and / or outside their family and friendly environment that has been transplanted; (c) their attitude towards death. The more afraid of death and the more he avoids the thought of death, the more possible is to become an organ donor.
Keywords:
Organ Donation, Transplantation, Death Attitude, Greece
