Medical students faced with related and unrelated living kidney donation: a stratified and multicentre study in Spain

Abstract

The attitude of medical students towards LKD is very favourable when it is the related kind of donation, and it is associated with factors of general knowledge about organ donation and transplantation and social interaction and religion.

Sensitization Toward Organ Donation Among Medical Students in Spanish Regions With More Than 50 Donors Per Million Population

“…Probably, if the study is replicated, and we encourage researchers in the field of donation and transplantation to do so, in other countries and with lower donation rates, the results could be different (9-14). In Spain, as we had previously seen (15,16,17), the attitude toward organ donation among medical students is favorable and as we see in this study is very homogeneous throughout the Spanish territory. Our group (3) considers that the awareness of health professionals, both in training and active, is essential to maintain high donation rates, and the more quality data are, the better we can act in promotional campaigns and it will be able to go improving donation rates.…”

Do Religious Factors Influence the Attitude Toward Organ Donation Among Medical Students? A Spanish Multicenter Study

“…The results are similar with those performed in different populations of university students of health careers and countries previously and a majority position favorable to organ donation (2,3,7). Although, it is noteworthy, that the population under study is university medical students who in the future will exercise, if possible, a greater influence on decision making than other health professions analyzed.…”

“…Authors: Ríos A [1][2][3][4] , López-Navas A 1,5 , Gutiérrez PR 6 , Gómez FJ 7 , Iriarte J 8 , Herruzo R 9 , Blanco G 10 , Llorca FJ 11 , Asunsolo A 12 , Sánchez P 13 , Fernández A 14 , de Jesús MT 15 , Martínez Alarcón L 1,3 , Lana A 16 , Fuentes L 17 , Hernández JR 18 , Virseda J 19 , Yelamos J 21 , Bondía JA 13 , Hernández AM 21 , Ayala MA 1,[22][23][24] , Flores-Medina J 5 , Carrillo J 1,2 , Sánchez Á 1 , Ramírez P [1][2][3][4] , Parrilla P [2][3] .…”

“…INTRODUCTION. The attitude towards organ donation (ODT) is modulated by different psycho-social factors (1)(2)(3)(4), among which religious beliefs stand out. That is why it is interesting to know the influence of aspects related to religion in different social groups, those considered potential donors, potential candidates for transplantation and health professionals.…”

Kidney transplantation in Ghana: Is the public ready?

“…This finding is not unexpected as previous studies have reported the willingness of patients to accept a kidney from a donor especially from close relatives. 18,30,31 Participants who were unwilling gave reasons such as incompatibility of donated organ, uncertainties about their health status post-transplant, and uneasiness about the experience of kidney transplantation.…”