| خلاصه مقاله | Background: Organ transplantation as a novel therapeutic approach involves procuring organs
from brain-dead donors and transplanting them into recipients in need of organ replacement
Method: This was a descriptive analytical study. The data collection instrument was a
questionnaire comprised of 5 sections as follows: Demographic information, Questions
regarding organ donation and its laws, Questions assessing knowledge about brain death,
Questions evaluating awareness of organ donation after cardiac death, and Questions examining
attitudes toward organ donation after cardiac death. To determine questionnaire validity,
content validity was utilized. Specifically, the content was reviewed and evaluated by 10 faculty
members of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences. After gathering opinions and feedback,
necessary modifications and changes were made before using the questionnaire for
the study. Additionally, questionnaire reliability was examined after data collection
from 30 individuals by determining internal consistency through calculating
Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, which was found to be r=0.85. The association
between the variables was tested using Pearson’s correlation coefficient
or its nonparametric equivalent, Spearman’s correlation with SPSS 21.
Results: Of the 422 participants, 55 percent were male, 71.8% had no willingness to donate
organs, and 70% believed that permission should be obtained from the family for organ
donation. The statement with the highest frequency and percentage of correct responses
was ’Selling body organs in Iran is illegal’ with 294 )69.7%(, and the statement with the
highest frequency and percentage of incorrect responses was ’A person can be saved
from death by receiving an organ donation’ with 364 )86.3%(. There was a statistically
significant relationship between individual social characteristics with the knowledge and
attitude of the participants, between occupation and history of organ donation in the family
Conclusion: According to the results of this study, nursing professors and university
faculty can prepare the return of people in need of organ transplant to life by
including the curriculum of brain dead patients and vital organ donation in the
nursing curriculum with the focus on improving the general health of the society. |