RT journal article
T1 Intervention programme to improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of nursing students towards organ donation and transplantation: A randomised controlled trial
T2 Programa de intervención para mejorar el conocimiento, las actitudes y el comportamiento de los estudiantes de enfermería frente a la donación y trasplante de órganos: un ensayo controlado aleatorizado
A1 Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar
A1 Coronil-Espinosa, Saray
A1 Poza Méndez, Miriam
A1 Fernández Gutiérrez, Martina
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 Health-care professionals
K1 Educacion program
K1 Nursing students
K1 Attitude
K1 Behaviour
K1 Organ transplantation
K1 Health literacy
K1 Randomised controlled trial
K1 Alfabetización en salud
K1 estudiantes de enfermería
K1 trasplante de órganos
K1 Ensayo controlado aleatorio
AB Aim: To develop and evaluate an educational programme aimed at undergraduate training to increase and improve knowledge, attitudes and behaviour towards the organ and tissue donation and transplants (OTDT). Background: The request for OTDT falls on the health personnel and the reduction of family refusals depends on their attitude and competence, which is vital to increase OTDT. The evidence highlights the efficacy of starting training at early stages and the implementation of educational programmes in universities is recommended to reduce family refusals. Design: A randomised controlled trial. Methods: A randomised controlled trial with an experimental group (EG) -theory class and round table- and a control group (CG) -theory class- that transitions to a delayed experimental group. A sample of 73 students was distributed in parallel randomised groups. Results: The groups increased their knowledge and improved their attitude, significantly changing their behaviour in the follow-up. These changes in the experimental groups were more significant than in CG in perceived quality of information (z = -4.948; p = <0.001), level of knowledge (EG1 and CG z = -2.245; p = 0.025) (EG2 and CG z = -2.215; p = 0.027), attitude (EG1 and CG z = -2.687; p = 0.007) (EG2 and CG z = -2.198; p = 0.028) and behaviour (EG1 and CG t = 2.054; p = 0.044) (EG2 and CG z = -2.797; p = 0.005). Conclusions: The education programme has proven effective, promoting knowledge, change and entrenchment of attitudes, facilitating conversations with families, enabling willingness to donate and increasing potential donors.
PB Elsevier
SN 1471-5953
YR 2023
FD 2023-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28659
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/28659
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 21-sep-2026