Gürkan Kapikiran1, Semra Bulbuloglu2, Ahmet Ozdemir3, Serdar Saritas4. 1. Turgut Ozal Medical Center, İnönü University, Malatya, Turkey. Electronic address: gurkankpkrn@gmail.com. 2. Department of Surgical Nursing, Gaziosmanpasa University, Erbaa Campus, Tokat, Turkey. 3. Department of Surgical Nursing, Sütcü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey. 4. Department of Surgical Nursing, Inonu University, Faculty of Nursing, Malatya, Turkey.
Abstract
PURPOSE: This study was performed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes about organ donation from the perspective of liver transplant patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study was conducted at the organ transplantation clinics. The data were collected by the researchers from 129 participants using in-person interviews. FINDINGS: In this study, 83% of patients received the organ from live donors, 36% received liver transplants in the previous 1 year, more than 70% agreed to donate their organs, and 80% thought awareness should be raised in society about organ donation. CONCLUSION: It was found that the participants in the sample needed information on the issue, although the sample consisted of individuals who had experienced organ donation. It is important that nurses and nurse managers understand the level of knowledge and the attitudes of organ donation patients who have undergone liver transplantation. Worldwide, organ donation is not at the desired level. This study aims to enhance in nurses and nurse managers the foresight regarding and awareness about behaviors of transplantation patients.
PURPOSE: This study was performed to investigate the knowledge and attitudes about organ donation from the perspective of liver transplant patients. DESIGN AND METHODS: The study was conducted at the organ transplantation clinics. The data were collected by the researchers from 129 participants using in-person interviews. FINDINGS: In this study, 83% of patients received the organ from live donors, 36% received liver transplants in the previous 1 year, more than 70% agreed to donate their organs, and 80% thought awareness should be raised in society about organ donation. CONCLUSION: It was found that the participants in the sample needed information on the issue, although the sample consisted of individuals who had experienced organ donation. It is important that nurses and nurse managers understand the level of knowledge and the attitudes of organ donation patients who have undergone liver transplantation. Worldwide, organ donation is not at the desired level. This study aims to enhance in nurses and nurse managers the foresight regarding and awareness about behaviors of transplantation patients.
Authors: Lucas Wang; Mujahed Abualfoul; Hellen Oduor; Priyanka Acharya; Mingyang Cui; Anne Murray; Edward Dominguez; Mangesh Pagadala Journal: Front Public Health Date: 2022-09-23