%0 Journal Article 
%A Martínez-Alarcón, Laura
%A Ríos, Antonio
%A Gutiérrez, Pedro Ramón
%A Gómez, Francisco Javier
%A Santainés-Borredá, Elena
%A Agras-Suarez, María Concepción
%A Iriarte, Jorge
%A Cañadas-De la Fuente, Guillermo Arturo
%A Herruzo, Rafael
%A Hurtado-Pardos, Barbara
%A Blanco, Gerardo
%A Bárcena-Calvo, Carmen
%A Llorca, Francisco Javier
%A Perelló-Campaner, Catalina
%A Asunsolo, Angel
%A Arribas-Marin, Juan Manuel
%A Sánchez, Pilar
%A García-Mayor, Silvia
%A Fernández, Ana
%A Soto-Ruíz, Maria Nelia
%A de Jesús, Maria Teresa
%A Navalón, Juan Carlos
%A Lana, Alberto
%A Bertran-Noguer, Carme
%A Fuentes, L.
%A Peña-Amaro, Maria Pilar
%A Hernández, J.R.
%A Jiménez-Herrera, Maria Francisca
%A Virseda, Julio
%A Blanco-Sánchez, Rafaela
%A Yelamos, Jose
%A Calvo-Sánchez, María Dolores
%A Bondía, J.A.
%A Prado-Laguna, María Carmen
%A González-García, Alberto
%A Martínez-Rodríguez, Adelina
%A Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar
%A Faus-Gabandé, Francisco
%A Muiños-Álvarez, Alicia
%A Peyró-Gregori, Loreto
%A Hernández-Martínez, Helena
%A López-Navas, Ana Isabel
%A Parrilla, Pascual
%A Ramírez, Pablo
%T Organ Donation Related With Attitude Toward the Law of Presumed Consent: Spanish University Medical and Nursing Students Study
%D 2020
%@ 1873-2623
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38283
%X 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.
%K Organ Transplantation
%K Presumed Consent
%~ Universidad de Cádiz