A Multicentre Study of the Attitude of Medical Students towards Organ Donation and Transplantation in Poland

Marzena Mikla, Anna Maria Cybulska, Daria Schneider-Matyka (), Antonio Ríos, Mariusz Panczyk, Artur Kotwas, Beata Karakiewicz and Elżbieta Grochans
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Marzena Mikla: Faculty of Nursing, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Anna Maria Cybulska: Department of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University, Żołnierska 48, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Daria Schneider-Matyka: Department of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University, Żołnierska 48, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland
Antonio Ríos: Department of Surgery, Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Murcia, 30100 Murcia, Spain
Mariusz Panczyk: Department of Education and Research of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Warsaw, Litewska 14/16 St., 00-518 Warsaw, Poland
Artur Kotwas: Subdepartment of Social Medicine and Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-213 Szczecin, Poland
Beata Karakiewicz: Subdepartment of Social Medicine and Public Health, Department of Social Medicine, Pomeranian Medical University in Szczecin, 70-213 Szczecin, Poland
Elżbieta Grochans: Department of Nursing, Pomeranian Medical University, Żołnierska 48, 71-210 Szczecin, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: (1) The aim of the present study was to assess the effect of sociodemographic (age, sex, religion, place of residence) and university-related factors (university, year of studies) on the attitudes of students towards organ donation and transplantation. (2) Methods: The study was conducted on 1530 students from the Faculty of Medicine from three medical universities in Poland. The measurement tool was a validated questionnaire of attitude towards organ donation and transplantation (PCID-DTO RIOS: A questionnaire designed by the International Collaborative Organ Donation project about organ transplantation and donation). (3) Results: The completion rate was 88.10% (n = 1348). The vast majority declared a willingness to donate their organs in the future (86.60%), and 31.71% had an organ donation card. It was found that place of residence ( p = 0.018) and religion ( p = 0.003) had a significant effect on the attitude towards transplantation. Age, sex, and year of the study were not found to have a statistically significant effect on the decision. (4) Conclusions: The present study demonstrates that medical students show a favourable attitude towards transplantation in the first year of their study, and their knowledge and positive tendencies increase in the final years of medical education.

Keywords: transplantation; students; attitude towards organ donation; transplantation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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