Eylem Topbaş1, Çağla Taştan1. 1. 1 Nursing Department, School of Health, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey.
Abstract
CONTEXT: The majority of kidney transplants in Turkey are performed from live donors and from those among first-degree relatives. OBJECTIVE: To compare the view points and the attitudes of individuals who have relatives undergoing dialysis toward kidney donation treatment with those who do not. DESIGN: The study was designed as a descriptive study, which used simple random sampling. SETTING: The sample consisted of 204 individuals, divided into 2 groups: those whose relatives underwent dialysis treatment (group A, n = 106) and those whose relatives did not (group B, n = 98). RESULTS: The means of the total points obtained in "Kidney Donation Attitude Inventory" (KDAI) by individuals in group A were statistically significantly higher than those obtained by individuals in group B ( P = .001). Although there was a statistically significant difference in the educational status, status of willing to donate their kidneys and being a relative of an individual awaiting a kidney transplant, and the mean total points obtained from the KDAI between the groups ( P < .05), no statistically significant difference was determined between the means of the obtained total points and the gender and the duration of dialysis treatment ( P > .05). CONCLUSION: The attitudes of the relatives of individuals undergoing dialysis treatment toward kidney donation were determined to be more positive.
CONTEXT: The majority of kidney transplants in Turkey are performed from live donors and from those among first-degree relatives. OBJECTIVE: To compare the view points and the attitudes of individuals who have relatives undergoing dialysis toward kidney donation treatment with those who do not. DESIGN: The study was designed as a descriptive study, which used simple random sampling. SETTING: The sample consisted of 204 individuals, divided into 2 groups: those whose relatives underwent dialysis treatment (group A, n = 106) and those whose relatives did not (group B, n = 98). RESULTS: The means of the total points obtained in "Kidney Donation Attitude Inventory" (KDAI) by individuals in group A were statistically significantly higher than those obtained by individuals in group B ( P = .001). Although there was a statistically significant difference in the educational status, status of willing to donate their kidneys and being a relative of an individual awaiting a kidney transplant, and the mean total points obtained from the KDAI between the groups ( P < .05), no statistically significant difference was determined between the means of the obtained total points and the gender and the duration of dialysis treatment ( P > .05). CONCLUSION: The attitudes of the relatives of individuals undergoing dialysis treatment toward kidney donation were determined to be more positive.
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Keywords:
attitude renal transplantation; deceased donors; kidney transplantation; living donor; organ donation