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Attitude towards organ donation in German medical students.
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- The effectiveness of current informative material in improving awareness and opinion of undergraduate students towards organ donation: a comparative, randomized survey study.Clinics (Sao Paulo, Brazil) · 2019Trial
- Knowledge, attitudes and influencing factors regarding organ donation and transplantation among medical students and doctors in Malawian tertiary hospitals: a cross-sectional study.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Exploring the Dynamics: A Comprehensive Scoping Review of Factors Influencing Organ Donation Decisions: A Scoping Review.Iranian journal of public health · 2025Review
- Knowledge and Attitudes of Students of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Organ Donation and Transplantation - Challenges of Education and Promotion.Materia socio-medica · 2024Article
- Attitudes and factors influencing organ donation decision-making in Damascus, Syria: a cross-sectional study.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Messaging strategies for communicating health-related information in social media-a content and effectiveness analysis of organ donation posts on Instagram in Germany.BMC public health · 2023Article
- A Multicentre Study of the Attitude of Medical Students towards Organ Donation and Transplantation in Poland.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- The willingness and attitudes of medical students regarding organ donation and transplantation: a cross-sectional study from Turkey.Revista da Associacao Medica Brasileira (1992) · 2022Article
- Evaluation of the Opinions and Knowledge of Medical School Students on Organ Donation and Transplantation.The Turkish journal of gastroenterology : the official journal of Turkish Society of Gastroenterology · 2021Article
- Attitudes and knowledge about post-mortem organ donation among medical students, trainee nurses and students of health sciences in Germany : A cross-sectional study.Der Anaesthesist · 2020Article
- Disgust Sensitivity and Support for Organ Donation: Time to Take Disgust Seriously.Journal of general internal medicine · 2020Article
- Survey on attitudes toward brain-dead and living donor transplantation in medical students: a cross-sectional study in Japan.Clinical and experimental nephrology · 2020Article
- [Knowledge, trust, and the decision to donate organs : A comparison of medical students and students of other disciplines in Germany].Der Chirurg; Zeitschrift fur alle Gebiete der operativen Medizen · 2018Article
- Assessing the impact of student-led advocacy initiatives on Canadian undergraduate students' knowledge of and attitudes toward organ donation: a cross-sectional survey from Western University.Canadian journal of surgery. Journal canadien de chirurgieArticle
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Abstract
purposeIt is well known that personal decision making in respect to organ donation is highly dependent on the balance of knowledge, trust, and fear. We wanted to explore the attitude of German medical students towards organ donation and investigate the relationship between knowledge, trust, and fear in this special subgroup.
methodsWe conducted an online survey utilizing (1) the snowball effect of using Facebook groups and advertisement as well as (2) mailing lists of medical faculties in Germany for distribution.
resultsWe surveyed 1370 medical students. 75.8 % (N = 988) of the participants stated to carry an organ donor card and allowed their organs to be donated. 1.8 % (N = 23) refused donation. 22.5 % (N = 293) did not carry an organ donor card. Analysis of the "decided" versus the "undecided" group revealed substantial differences regarding transplantation knowledge (mean knowledge score of 4.23 vs. 3.81; P < 0.001), trust in (mean trust score 4.11 vs. 3.39; P < 0.001), and fear of (mean fear score 1.63 vs. 2.22; P < 0.001) organ donation. 45.9 % of the undecided group (N = 134) opted for accessing additional information material. After reading the info material, 22.7 % (N = 29) stated their willingness to sign a donor card, whereas 76.6 % (N = 98) still could not reach a decision.
conclusionsThe willingness to potentially act as organ donor was related to the pre-existent knowledge, trust, and fear. Access to information material did promote the decision towards organ donation in a group of previously undecided medical students. This advocates initiating information campaigns even in population groups with strong medical background.
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