@misc{10498/38283,
year = {2020},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38283},
abstract = {Introduction: Information provided by health care professionals is crucial to create a climate of social opinion. This is important in organ donation and transplantation (ODT), where the participation of the general public is essential to obtain organs.

Objective: To determine the attitude toward the Law of Presumed Consent (LPC) among Spanish university students and to analyze their relation with attitude toward ODT.

Methods: and design. The type of study was a sociologic, multicenter, observational study. The population included medical and nursing students in Spanish universities. Database of Collaborative International Donor Project was used stratified by geographic area and academic course. A validated questionnaire (Collaborative International Donor Project, organ donation and transplantation questionnaire in Spanish [PCID-DTO-RIOS]) was self-administered and completed anonymously. A sample of 9598 medical and 10,566 nursing students was analyzed (99% confidence and precision of ±1%) and stratified by geographic area and year of study.

Results: Completion rate was 90%. Regarding attitude toward LPC, 66% of the students were against the law, whereas 34% accepted it. Of the students surveyed, 9% considered the law as a gesture of solidarity, 25% as an effective way of not wasting organs, 48% as an abuse of power, and 18% as offenses against the family. Those students who were in favor of LPC also had a more favorable attitude toward ODT (86% vs 76%; P < .001). Comparing groups, nursing students were less in favor of LPC than medical students (32% vs 36%; P < .000).
Conclusion: Sixty-six percent of Spanish university medical and nursing students were against the LPC. The favorable attitude toward ODT is associated with considering the law as a gesture of solidarity or as an effective way of not wasting organs.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Organ Transplantation},
keywords = {Presumed Consent},
title = {Organ Donation Related With Attitude Toward the Law of Presumed Consent: Spanish University Medical and Nursing Students Study},
doi = {10.1016/j.transproceed.2019.12.033},
author = {Martínez-Alarcón, Laura and Ríos, Antonio and Gutiérrez, Pedro Ramón and Gómez, Francisco Javier and Santainés-Borredá, Elena and Agras-Suarez, María Concepción and Iriarte, Jorge and Cañadas-De la Fuente, Guillermo Arturo and Herruzo, Rafael and Hurtado-Pardos, Barbara and Blanco, Gerardo and Bárcena-Calvo, Carmen and Llorca, Francisco Javier and Perelló-Campaner, Catalina and Asunsolo, Angel and Arribas-Marin, Juan Manuel and Sánchez, Pilar and García-Mayor, Silvia and Fernández, Ana and Soto-Ruíz, Maria Nelia and de Jesús, Maria Teresa and Navalón, Juan Carlos and Lana, Alberto and Bertran-Noguer, Carme and Fuentes, L. and Peña-Amaro, Maria Pilar and Hernández, J.R. and Jiménez-Herrera, Maria Francisca and Virseda, Julio and Blanco-Sánchez, Rafaela and Yelamos, Jose and Calvo-Sánchez, María Dolores and Bondía, J.A. and Prado-Laguna, María Carmen and González-García, Alberto and Martínez-Rodríguez, Adelina and Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar and Faus-Gabandé, Francisco and Muiños-Álvarez, Alicia and Peyró-Gregori, Loreto and Hernández-Martínez, Helena and López-Navas, Ana Isabel and Parrilla, Pascual and Ramírez, Pablo},
}