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Gac Med Mex 2017; 153 (4)

Actitud y conocimiento sobre donación de órganos de estudiantes de medicina de una universidad pública del noreste de México

Sebastián-Ruiz MJ, Guerra-Sáenz EK, Vargas-Yamanaka AK, Barboza-Quintana O, Ríos-Zambudio A, García-Cabello R, Palacios-Saucedo GC

Language: Spanish
References: 25
Page: 432-442
PDF size: 243.94 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: The issue of organ donation is scarcely addressed during undergraduate medical studies. Objective: To evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards organ donation of medicine students of a Northwestern Mexico public university. Materials and Methods: A prolective, descriptive, observational, and cross-sectional study. A 34 items cross-sectional survey evaluating knowledge and attitude towards organ donation in 3056 medicine students during 2013-2015. Descriptive statistics were used as absolute frequencies, percentages, mean and standard deviation, as well as the Chi-square test. A p ‹ 0.05 was considered significant. Results: 74% of students would donate their own organs, mainly due to reciprocity (41%). 26% of students would not donate, 48% of them because of fear that their organs could be taken before death. 86% would donate organs from a relative. 64% have spoken about organ donation and transplantation with their family and 67% with friends. 50% said they had received no information about it. 68% understand the concept of brain death. Conclusion: Students received little information about organ donation during college. Despite that, most of them showed a positive attitude and are willing to donate.


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