Attitudes, knowledge levels and behaviors of Islamic religious officials about organ donation in Turkey: National survey study

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World J Clin Cases. May 6, 2020; 8(9): 1620-1631
Published online May 6, 2020. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v8.i9.1620

Table 4 Viewpoints of religious officials on organ donation by educational levels

	High school	Theology faculty	Masters/ Doctorate	Other faculty	P value
Do you know how to donate your organs?
Yes	36 (10.6)	448 (30.3)	20 (60.6)	123 (25.7)	< 0.001^a
No	185 (51.4)	587 (39.7)	8 (24.2)	183 (38.2)
Partially	137 (38.1)	443 (30.0)	5 (15.2)	173 (36.1)
Do you have adequate informations about organ donation?
Yes	71 (19.7)	521 (35.3)	24 (72.7)	172 (35.9)	< 0.001^b
No	289(80.3)	957 (64.7)	9 (27.3)	307 (64.1)	< 0.001^b
Are you willing to donate your organs in future?
Yes	14 (3.9)	47 (3.2)	9 (27.2)	41 (8.6)	< 0.001^b
No	274 (76.1)	1140 (77.3)	9 (27.2)	344 (72.1)
Undecided	37 (10.3)	135 (9.2)	14 (42.4)	49 (10.3)
No idea/no sure	35 (9.7)	153 (10.4)	1 (3.0)	43 (9.0)
Would you like to get information about organ donation?
Yes	156 (43.3)	515 (34.8)	9 (27.3)	177 (37.0)	0.001^c
No	140 (38.9)	582 (39.4)	9 (27.3)	178 (37.2)
No need/enough idea	39 (10.8)	278 (18.8)	13 (39.4)	91 (19.0)
No idea/no sure	25 (6.9)	103 (7.0)	2 (6.1)	33 (6.9)
Do you believe organ donation as a necessary for humanity?
Yes	304 (84.4)	1232 (83.4)	29 (87.9)	402 (83.9)	0.045^d
No	26 (7.2)	128 (8.7)	2 (6.1)	56 (11.7)
No idea/no sure	30 (8.3)	118 (8.0)	2 (6.1)	21 (4.4)
Would you accept organ transplantation if it is necessary?
Yes	293 (81.4)	1212 (82.0)	26 (78.8)	386 (80.6)	0.706
No	25 (6.9)	123 (8.3)	2 (6.1)	45 (9.4)
No idea/no sure	42 (11.7)	143 (9.7)	5(15.2)	48 (10.0)
Are you exposed to questions about organ donation?
Yes	140 (38.9)	609 (41.2)	16 (48.5)	196 (40.9)	0.446
No	96 (26.7)	372 (25.2)	8 (24.2)	141 (29.4)
Rarely	124 (34.4)	497 (33.6)	9 (27.3)	142 (29.6)
Did you preach or sermon about organ donation?
Yes	182 (50.6)	830 (56.2)	24 (72.7)	257 (53.7)	0.176
No	116 (32.2)	412 (27.9)	6 (18.2)	148 (30.9)
I don't remember	62 (17.2)	236 (16.0)	3 (9.1)	74 (15.4)

^aAll groups were different.

^bMasters/doctorate group was different from other groups.

^cHigh school was different from other groups.

^dOther faculty was different from other groups.

Citation: Akbulut S, Ozer A, Firinci B, Saritas H, Demyati K, Yilmaz S. Attitudes, knowledge levels and behaviors of Islamic religious officials about organ donation in Turkey: National survey study. World J Clin Cases 2020; 8(9): 1620-1631
URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2307-8960/full/v8/i9/1620.htm
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.12998/wjcc.v8.i9.1620