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Fan, Xiaojing, Li, Meng, Rolker, Heike, Li, Yingying, Du, Jiaoyang, Wang, Duolao 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2788-2464 and Li, Enchang
(2022)
'Knowledge, attitudes and willingness to organ donation among the general public: a cross-sectional survey in China'. BMC Public Health, Vol 22, Issue 1, e918.
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Abstract
Background: The purpose of this study is to assess the level of knowledge, attitudes, and willingness to organ donation among the general public in China.
Methods: The study population consisted of 4274 participants from Eastern, Central and Western China. The participants’ knowledge, attitudes and willingness to organ donation were collected by a self-designed questionnaire consisting of 30 items. Knowledge is measured by 10 items and presented as a 10 point score, attitudes is measured by 20 items using a 5-step Likert scale and total score ranged between 0 and 80; while the willingness to donate is assessed as binary variable (0 = No; 1 = Yes). A logistic regression model was used to assess the association of knowledge and attitudes with willingness to organ donation, controlling for demographic and socioeconomic confounders.
Results: The questionnaire response rate was 94.98%. The mean score (± SD) of the general public’s knowledge to organ donation was 6.84 ± 1.76, and the mean score (± SD) of attitudes to organ donation was 47.01 ± 9.07. The general public’s knowledge and attitudes were the highest in Eastern China, followed by West and Central China. The logistic regression model indicated a positive association between knowledge and the willingness to organ donation (OR = 1.12, 95%CI: 1.08, 1.17; P < 0.001); attitudes were also positively potential determinant of more willingness to organ donation (OR = 1.08, 95%CI: 1.07, 1.09; P < 0.001).
Conclusions: Knowledge and attitudes were found to be positively associated with the Chinese general public’s willingness to organ donation. Knowledge about the concept of brain death and the transplant procedure may help raise the rate of willingness to organ donation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | W General Medicine. Health Professions > Health Services. Patients and Patient Advocacy > W 85 Patients. Attitude and compliance WA Public Health > WA 30 Socioeconomic factors in public health (General) |
| Faculty: Department: | Clinical Sciences & International Health > Clinical Sciences Department |
| Digital Object Identifer (DOI): | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13173-1 |
| SWORD Depositor: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Depositing User: | JISC Pubrouter |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2022 12:54 |
| Last Modified: | 16 Jun 2023 08:16 |
| URI: | https://archive.lstmed.ac.uk/id/eprint/20377 |
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