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ArticleJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2021

Opt-Out Consent at Different Levels of Attitude to Organ Donation: A Household Survey in Qatar.

Rajvir Singh, Betsy Varughese, Ayman El-Menyar, Saad Shahbal, Yousuf Al Maslamani, Amar M Salam, Hassan Al Thani

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Article in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Rajvir SinghCardiology Research Center, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0001-9041-9961
Betsy VarugheseGastroenterology & Hepatology, HMC, Doha, Qatar.
Ayman El-MenyarTrauma & Vascular Surgery, HMC, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-2584-953X
Saad ShahbalCardiology Research Center, Heart Hospital, Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC), Doha, Qatar.
Yousuf Al MaslamaniHamad General Hospital (HGH), HMC, Doha, Qatar.
Amar M SalamDepartment of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.ORCID 0000-0003-0304-719X
Hassan Al ThaniTrauma & Vascular Surgery, HMC, Doha, Qatar.
Hamad Medical Corporation · QAQatar Airways (Qatar) · QAHamad General Hospital · QA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDemand for an organ transplant is surpassing the number of organ donors and hence increasing waiting lists worldwide, compelling many countries to adopt an opt-out consent system for organ donation. Opt-out is used in several European countries and has increased organ registration rate. No study on this subject has been published from the gulf region to associate sociodemographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, beliefs, and intention domains regarding an opt-out consent for organ donation. MATERIALS AND

methodsA household survey was conducted between October and November 2016 using a validated questionnaire. Integer codes were assigned for qualitative data to interpret results at par with quantitative data for each domain to allow data for advanced statistical analysis.

resultsOf 1044 surveyed participants, 724 (69.34%) those aged 37.7±10.4 agreed to adopting an opt-out consent system of which 231 (29.4%) were Qatari citizens and 353 (48.8%) were males. Mean levels of indices such as attitude, behavioral beliefs, and intention domains to organ donation were found higher in opt out participants. After adjusting statistical significant variables, multivariate analysis showed that attitude index was associated to opt out system (OR: 16.7, 95% C.I.:10.6-26.3, p=0.001) whereas; knowledge index (OR: 0.25, 95% C.I.: 0.07-0.83, p=0.03), behavioral beliefs (OR: 0.55, 95% C.I.: 0.35-0.86, p=0.009) and intention indices (OR: 0.42, 95% C.I.: 0.20-0.87, p=0.02) were associated with opt-in system for organ donation in Qatar. Regression model was able to discriminate (AUC: 84%, 95% C.I.:81% to 87%) for opt-out consent. Future probabilities for opt-out consent were 0.80, 0.88, 0.92,0.95,0.96,0.97,0.99 and 0.993 for 0.20, 0.30, 0.40, 0.50, 0.60, 0.70, 0.80 and 0.90 attitude levels after using 200 re-samples to make traditional multivariate regression model to realistic model for the population.

conclusionThe majority of the survey participants showed a good attitude but less knowledge, behavioral beliefs, and intention towards adopting an opt-out system for organ donation in Qatar.

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attitudebeliefsintention domainsknowledgeopt-in & opt-out consent systemorgan donationorgan transplant

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