Prevalence of socio-demographic and behavioral factors about organ donation in Qatar: A household survey

Abstract

Background: A single organ and tissue donor can serve and save eight-fold lives, but availability of organ donors is scarce, posing a grim situation for end-stage organ failure worldwide. Knowledge, attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs toward organ donation can help policymakers develop strategies to address the challenges facing organ donation and transplantation in Qatar. Aim: To assess sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and intentions regarding organ donation in the household population of Qatar. Methods: A prospective observational household survey was conducted between October and November 2016 in Qatar using a validated questionnaire. One thousand forty-four individuals aged 18 and older residing in eight municipalities in the country were enrolled in the survey. Results: Average age was 38 ± 11 years. There were 27.4% Qatari citizens and 72.6% nonQatari residents in the survey. 48.9% of the total (1044) were males. Knowledge [46% (95% C.I.: 45% − 47%)], attitude [70% (95% C.I.: 66%–74%)], behavioral beliefs [42% (95% C.I.: 39%–50%)], normative beliefs [29% (95% C.I.: 28%–30%)], control beliefs [–27% (95% C.I.: − 24% to − 30%)] and intentions towards organ donation [29% (95% C.I.: 27%–31%)] were observed in the study. Factor analyses were able to explain 70%, 72%, 70%, and 74% variations in knowledge, attitude, beliefs, and intentions domains respectively showing adequacy of construct of the domains for organ donation. Conclusion: Most of the survey participants showed good attitude but less intention towards organ donation.

Opt-Out Consent at Different Levels of Attitude to Organ Donation: A Household Survey in Qatar

“…This is secondary data analyzed from a prospective cross-sectional survey on organ donation conducted on 1044 household respondents in all the eight Qatar municipalities between October and November 2016. 11 All municipalities were divided into small geographical areas called Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) having 75 Households Qatari and 100 Households non-Qatari per PSU. A two-stage systematic random sampling design was used, selecting Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) at the first stage and a sample of households within each selected PSU at the second stage.…”

“…The detailed description of data collection, calculation of domain indices, and coding of the domain items are described. 11 …”

“… 9 , 10 A recent study on organ donation in Qatar’s household population showed that very few people are only registered for organ donation. 11 At the same time, many people had expressed their faith in the health care facility and were ready to take transplantation treatment in Qatar, if needed, instead of going abroad. 11 Hence, we sought the public opinion of the household population about organ donation registration in Qatar.…”