Attitudes About Organ Transplantation

• Conditions: Transplantation, Organ
• Interventions: Behavioral: survey

• Registration Number: NCT02279810
• Lead Sponsor: International Institute of Rescue Research and Education

Brief Summary

The study evaluates the knowledge, attitude and practice about organ transplantation among medical students and medical staff.

Detailed Description

Globally, almost every second a transplanted kidney comes from a living donor (LDTx); in Europe it is 18.1%, but in Poland it is only 2% (0.6 for 1 million from living donors). The number of patients awaiting on kidney transplantation (KTx) is increasing, and the number of deceased donors is constantly at a low level. This disturbing situation should motivate the entire interdisciplinary health team to seek new solutions.

In the study the investigators are examining how medical students and medical staff feel about the issues of organ transplantation, especially: organ shortage, cost of organ transplantation, definition of brain death.

The investigators are planning to focus on the following specific questions:

What is the level of knowledge about organ donation among participants? What are the sociodemographic, sociocultural and socioeconomic characteristics of listed as an Organ Donor and non-listed as an Organ Donor among medical staff and medical students? Evidence on the role of financial and other incentives in eliciting organ donation.

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2014-10
• Study Start: 2014-10
• Study First Submitted: 2014-10-26
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-10-29
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-10-29
• Study First Posted: 2014-10-31
• Last Update Posted: 2014-10-31
• Primary Completion: 2014-11
• Study Completion: 2014-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 300

Inclusion Criteria

• Give voluntary consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Not meet the above criteria

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Medical students, medical staff	survey	Survey about Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Organ Transplantation

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percentage of participants who approve prosocial motivation to organ donation	2 months	Percentage of healthcare workers and medical students with appropriate attitude assessed by 10- items questionnaire about perception towards financial and other incentives in eliciting organ donation. For each correct answer participant receive 1 point (0-1 point scale).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Results of the Medical Knowledge Tool (Questionnaire)	2 months	Percentage of healthcare workers and medical students with appropriate knowledge assessed by 10- items questionnaire about basic information about organ registry and qualification to transplantation. For each correct answer participant receive 1 point (0-1 point scale).
Results of the Practice Tool (Questionnaire)	2 months	Percentage of healthcare workers and medical students with appropriate practice assessed by 10- items questionnaire about basic information about practice with organ donation (prohibited and unethical practices). For each correct answer participant receive 1 point (0-1 point scale).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

International Institute of Rescue Research and Education; 🇵🇱 Warsaw, Poland