Survey knowledge and practice of health personnel of educational-therapeutic centers in Rasht city regarding organ donation after death in 2014-2015

Abstract

Introduction: Healthy tissues of brain death patients areused in maintaining the health of patients, to reduce mortalityand the cost of treatment for patients with advanceddisease and on the waiting list.The demand for organ transplants has increased in themost countries of the world while the number of donorshas relatively remained constant.The success of the organ donation process from identifyingthe potential donor to the stage of harvesting membersis closely related to the knowledge and practice ofphysicians and nursesThe purpose of this study was to determine the knowledgeand practice of physicians and nurses working ineducational centers of Rasht.Methods: 423 people were chosen by stratified randomsampling in December 2014. The researcher-made questionnairewas analyzed into software SPSS version 21 usingMann-Whitney, Kruskal-Wallis and Chi-square tests.Results: Blood donation card holders (p = 0.014). Individualswho had relatives with donation cardholder (p =0.004). Experience of caring for organ donor (p <0.010)and Experience of caring for organ recipient (p = 0.007)had a higher knowledge score. There was a significant relationshipbetween knowledge and practice (P = 0.0001).Conclusion: The role of physicians and nurses in persuadingpeople to donate and thus health promotion is notat the optimum level. It is suggested research should bedone on the influence of education and retraining coursesand holding conferences with the presence of patientswho were organ recipients on nowledge and practice ofdoctors and nurses about organ donation.