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 5 Viewpoints of religious officials on organ donation by age groups

	18-34 (%)	35-44 (%)	45-54 (%)	≥ 55 (%)	P value
Do you know how to donate your organs?
Yes	243 (35.0)	247 (33.9)	118 (17.4)	21 (8.5)	< 0.001^a
No	244 (35.1)	293 (40.2)	299 (44.0)	127 (51.6)
Partially	208 (27.4)	189 (25.9)	263 (38.7)	98 (39.8)
Do you have adequate informations about organ donation?
Yes	284 (40.9)	283 (38.8)	187 (27.5)	34 (13.8)	< 0.001
No	411 (59.1)	446 (61.2)	493 (72.5)	212 (86.2)	< 0.001
Are you willing to donate your organs in future?
Yes	32 (4.6)	48 (6.6)	26 (3.8)	5 (2.0)	0.101
No	526 (75.7)	538 (74.1)	516 (76.1)	187 (76.3)
Undecided	70 (10.1)	62 (8.5)	73 (10.8)	30 (12.2)
No idea/no sure	67 (9.6)	78 (10.7)	63 (9.3)	23 (9.4)
Would you like to get information about organ donation?
Yes	217 (31.2)	251 (34.4)	275 (40.4)	114 (46.3)	< 0.001^b
No	274 (39.4)	280 (38.4)	259 (38.1)	96 (39.0)
No need/enough idea	153 (22.0)	146 (20.0)	98 (14.4)	24 (9.8)
No idea/no sure	51 (7.3)	52 (7.1)	48 (7.1)	12 (4.9)
Do you believe organ donation as a necessary for humanity?
Yes	582 (83.7)	606 (83.1)	570 (83.8)	209 (85.0)	0.994
No	63 (9.1)	69 (9.5)	61 (9.0)	19 (7.7)
No idea/no sure	50 (7.2)	54 (7.4)	49 (7.2)	18 (7.3)
Would you accept organ transplantation if it is necessary?
Yes	564 (81.2)	606 (83.1)	542 (79.7)	205 (83.3)	0.385
No	60 (8.6)	62 (8.5)	55 (8.1)	18 (7.3)
No idea/no sure	71 (10.2)	61 (8.4)	83 (12.2)	23 (9.3)
Are you exposed to questions about organ donation?
Yes	272 (39.1)	310 (42.5)	285 (41.9)	94 (38.2)	0.354
No	185 (26.6)	198 (27.2)	176 (25.9)	58 (23.6)
Rarely	238 (34.2)	221 (30.3)	219 (32.2)	94 (38.2)
Did you preach or sermon about organ donation?
Yes	360 (51.8)	432 (59.3)	379 (55.7)	122 (49.6)	0.024^c
No	219 (31.5)	186 (25.5)	189 (27.8)	88 (35.8)
I don't remember	116 (16.7)	111 (15.2)	112 (16.5)	36 (14.6)

^a45-54 and ≥ 55 groups were different from other groups.

^b45-54 and ≥ 55 groups were different from other groups.

^c35-44 group 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