Measuring Critical Care Providers’ Attitudes About Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death

Rodrigue, James R.; Luskin, Richard S.; Nelson, Helen M.; Glazier, Alexandra K.; Henderson, Galen V.; Delmonico, Francis L.

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“…17 Rodrigue et al's study also showed that ICU personnel had a positive attitude toward DCD. 14 Burker et al ndings also showed that paramedics had a positive attitude toward organ donation. 15 Marck et al (2016) conducted a study on the attitude of emergency personnel toward cadaveric organ donation, and reported that the majority of them had a positive attitude toward organ donation.…”

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“…To assess the knowledge and attitude of nurses and physicians about DCD, the Knowledge and Attitude Questionnaire developed by Rodrigue et al (2018) was applied. 14 The Knowledge questionnaire has 20 items to measure personnel knowledge about DCD through true/false options. The attitude questionnaire consists of 34 items, scored by a ve-point Likert scale: strongly agree (score 1), agree (score 2), no comment (score 3), disagree (score 4), and strongly disagree (score 5).…”

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Emergency Medical Staffs’ Knowledge and Attitude About Organ Donation After Cardiac Death

Kondori

Ghafouri

Zamanzadeh

et al. 2020

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Background: Adverse attitudes and insufficient knowledge about organ donation after cardiac death among emergency staffs can have important consequences for the proper identification of potential donors, constant application of donation after cardiac death policies, and the relative strength of support for this type of donation. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the awareness and attitude of emergency personnel about organ donation after cardiac death.Methods: This descriptive study was carried out with the participation of 49 physicians and 145 nurses working in the emergency departments of educational and medical centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Nurses were selected by simple random sampling, and all physicians working in the emergency departments were included in the study. The questionnaire of Knowledge and Attitude regarding Organ Donation after Cardiac Death designed by Rodrigue et al. was used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and chi-square test.Results: Most of the nurses (62.8%) and physicians (66.7%) had high level of knowledge about organ donation after cardiac death. The mean attitude score was 101.84 (SD: 9.88) out of 170 for nurses and 106.53 (SD: 11.77) for physicians. Physicians who had organ donation card had a more positive attitude toward organ donation after cardiac death.Conclusion: According to this study findings, knowledge and attitude of the emergency staffs about organ donation was high and positive. It is recommended to devise necessary guidelines for organ donation in Iranian emergency departments to help the personnel for introducing qualified people for organ donation or taking the necessary measures.

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confidence: 89%

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Emergency Medical Staffs’ Knowledge and Attitude About Organ Donation After Cardiac Death

Kondori

Ghafouri

Zamanzadeh

et al. 2020

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“…A study by D’Alessandre et al (2008) showed that the level of knowledge of DCD by health care professionals was low [ 15 ]. Likewise, Rodrigue et al (2018) reported that a small number of the personnel answered the questions related to the knowledge about DCD, indicating their low awareness [ 19 ]. A study by Burker et al (2015) also showed that paramedics had less awareness of DCD, feeling they were inadequately skilled in the DCD process [ 18 ].…”

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“…The study by Martínez et al showed that healthcare personnel in hospitals had a positive attitude toward organ donation, which is consistent with our findings [ 23 ]. Rodrigue et al’s study also showed that intensive care unit (ICU) personnel had a positive attitude toward DCD [ 19 ]. Burker et al findings also showed that paramedics had a positive attitude toward organ donation [ 18 ].…”

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“…The socio-demographic characteristics of physicians and nurses were collected using a 13-item questionnaire acquiring data about age, sex, marital status, education level, employment status, overall work experience and ED work experience, religion, ethnicity, specialty, familiarity with organ transplant, having an organ donation card and agreement with organ donation. The Knowledge and Attitude Questionnaire developed by Rodrigue et al (2018) was used to assess the knowledge and attitude of nurses and physicians about DCD [ 19 ].…”

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Emergency medical staffs’ knowledge and attitude about organ donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) and its related factors

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Background Adverse attitudes and insufficient knowledge about organ donation after Circulatory Determined Death (DCD) among emergency staff can have important consequences for the proper identification of potential DCD donors. This is aided by the constant application of donation after Circulatory Determined Death policies, and the relative strength of support for this type of donation. Therefore, this study was conducted to investigate the awareness and attitude of emergency personnel about organ donation after Circulatory Determined Death. Methods This descriptive study was carried out with the participation of 49 physicians and 145 nurses working in the emergency departments of educational and medical centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. Nurses were selected by simple random sampling, and all physicians working in the emergency departments were included in the study. The questionnaire of Knowledge and Attitude regarding Organ Donation after Circulatory Determined Death designed by Rodrigue et al. was used. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and independent samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, and chi-square test. Results Most of the nurses (62.8%) and physicians (66.7%) had a high level of knowledge about organ donation after circulatory determined death. The mean attitude score was 101.84 (SD: 9.88) out of 170 for nurses and 106.53 (SD: 11.77) for physicians. Physicians who carried organ donation cards had a more positive attitude toward organ donation after circulatory determined death. Conclusion According to this study findings, knowledge and attitude of the emergency staff about organ donation was both high and positive. It is recommended to devise necessary guidelines for organ donation in Iranian emergency departments to assist in the training of colleagues in organ donation ensuring no necessary measures are missed. The results of this study would support the development of guidelines for the successful introduction of DCD in Iran.

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The circulatory death that saves lives—Intensive care nurses' conceptions of participating during ‘donation after circulatory death’: A phenomenographic study

Andersen Ljungdahl,

Nissfolk,

Flodén

2024

Nursing Open

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AimTo describe intensive care nurses' conceptions of participating during the donation after circulatory death (DCD) process in intensive care units in Sweden.DesignA qualitative design with a phenomenographic approach.MethodsIn total, 12 semi‐structured interviews were conducted in April 2022 with intensive care nurses from three hospitals. Data were analysed using a phenomenographic approach.ResultsConceptions of participating during the DCD process varied. Four main themes emerged: DCD as a system; Intensive care nurses' role in the situation; Life to death to life; The essence of DCD. Variations emerged regarding what the informants talked about and how they talked about the what. Variations were based on informants' perspective of their role in relation to the structure and the team, and their conceptions of care for patients and their relatives.ConclusionThe findings illustrated success factors and challenges. Knowledge, experience, distinct structure, and relationship with relatives, among other factors, were described as success factors, while a lack of experience, difficulty in prognosing death, and organisational obstacles emerged as challenges. Furthermore, the findings showed that intensive care nurses play an important role in optimising the outcome of the DCD process. Their work related to DCD was conceived as being meaningful to fulfil more peoples' wishes to donate organs.ImpactPeople on the waiting list for organ transplantation are dying due to a shortage of organs. The implementation of DCD, as a complement to Donation after Brain Death (DBD), contributed to an increase in the number of organ donors, and intensive care nurses play an important role during the DCD process. Previous research manifests the complexity concerning their role. There is a lack of nursing research regarding intensive care nurses' conceptions of what it means to participate in the DCD process, which emphasises the significance of this study.Reporting MethodThis study is reported using consolidated criteria for reporting qualitative research (SRQR).Patient or Public ContributionNo patient or public contribution.

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Measuring Critical Care Providers’ Attitudes About Controlled Donation After Circulatory Death

Abstract: Study findings support the utility, reliability, and validity of a questionnaire for measuring attitudes in critical care providers and for isolating targets for additional education on donation after cardiac death.

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Emergency Medical Staffs’ Knowledge and Attitude About Organ Donation After Cardiac Death

Emergency Medical Staffs’ Knowledge and Attitude About Organ Donation After Cardiac Death

Emergency medical staffs’ knowledge and attitude about organ donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) and its related factors

The circulatory death that saves lives—Intensive care nurses' conceptions of participating during ‘donation after circulatory death’: A phenomenographic study

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