RT journal article
T1 Organ Donation Related With Attitude Toward the Law of Presumed Consent: Spanish University Medical and Nursing Students Study
A1 Martínez-Alarcón, Laura
A1 Ríos, Antonio
A1 Gutiérrez, Pedro Ramón
A1 Gómez, Francisco Javier
A1 Santainés-Borredá, Elena
A1 Agras-Suarez, María Concepción
A1 Iriarte, Jorge
A1 Cañadas-De la Fuente, Guillermo Arturo
A1 Herruzo, Rafael
A1 Hurtado-Pardos, Barbara
A1 Blanco, Gerardo
A1 Bárcena-Calvo, Carmen
A1 Llorca, Francisco Javier
A1 Perelló-Campaner, Catalina
A1 Asunsolo, Angel
A1 Arribas-Marin, Juan Manuel
A1 Sánchez, Pilar
A1 García-Mayor, Silvia
A1 Fernández, Ana
A1 Soto-Ruíz, Maria Nelia
A1 de Jesús, Maria Teresa
A1 Navalón, Juan Carlos
A1 Lana, Alberto
A1 Bertran-Noguer, Carme
A1 Fuentes, L.
A1 Peña-Amaro, Maria Pilar
A1 Hernández, J.R.
A1 Jiménez-Herrera, Maria Francisca
A1 Virseda, Julio
A1 Blanco-Sánchez, Rafaela
A1 Yelamos, Jose
A1 Calvo-Sánchez, María Dolores
A1 Bondía, J.A.
A1 Prado-Laguna, María Carmen
A1 González-García, Alberto
A1 Martínez-Rodríguez, Adelina
A1 Bas Sarmiento, María del Pilar
A1 Faus-Gabandé, Francisco
A1 Muiños-Álvarez, Alicia
A1 Peyró-Gregori, Loreto
A1 Hernández-Martínez, Helena
A1 López-Navas, Ana Isabel
A1 Parrilla, Pascual
A1 Ramírez, Pablo
A2 Cirugía
A2 Enfermería y Fisioterapia
K1 Organ Transplantation
K1 Presumed Consent
AB 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.
PB Elsevier
SN 1873-2623
YR 2020
FD 2020-03
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38283
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38283
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 04-nov-2026