TY - JOUR 
A1 - Ríos, Antonio
AU - López Navas, Ana Isabel
AU - López López, Ana
AU - Gómez, Francisco Javier
AU - Iriarte, Jorge
AU - Herruzo, Rafael
AU - Blanco, Gerardo
AU - Llorca, Francisco Javier
AU - Asunsolo, Ángel
AU - Sánchez, P.
AU - Gutiérrez, Pedro Ramón
AU - Fernández Santander, Ana
AU - Jesús, María Teresa de
AU - Martínez Alarcón, Laura
AU - Lana, Alberto
AU - Fuentes, Lorena
AU - Hernández, Juan Ramón
AU - Virseda, Julio
AU - Yelamos, José
AU - Bondía, José Antonio
AU - Hernández, Antonio
AU - Ayala, Marco Antonio
AU - Ramírez, Pablo
AU - Parrilla, Pascual
T1 - A Multicentre and stratified study of the attitude of medical students towards organ donation in Spain
Y1 - 2019
SN - 1355-7858

UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/6740
AB - Medical students represent a new generation of medical thought, and if they have a favourable attitude towards organ donation this will greatly encourage its promotion.
OBJECTIVE:
To analyse the attitude of medical students in Spanish universities towards the donation of their own organs and to determine the factors affecting this attitude.
MATERIAL AND METHODS:
Type of study: A sociological, interdisciplinary, multicentre, and observational study in Spain.
STUDY POPULATION:
Students studying a degree in medicine enrolled in Spain (n = 34,000).
SAMPLE SIZE:
A sample of 9598 students (confidence of 99% and precision of ±1%), stratified by geographical area and academic year. Instrument of measurement: A validated questionnaire of attitude towards organ donation and transplantation (PCID-DTO RIOS) was self-administered and completed anonymously.
RESULTS:
The questionnaire completion rate was 95.7% (n = 9.275). 80% were in favour of donation, 2% against and 18% were undecided. The following main variables were related to a favourable attitude: being of the female sex (Odds Ratio = 1.739); being in the sixth year of the degree (OR = 2.506); knowing a donor (OR = 1.346); having spoken about the subject with one's family (OR = 2.132) and friends (OR = 1.333); having a family circle that is in favour, more specifically, having a father (OR = 1.841), mother (OR = 2.538) or partner in favour (OR = 2.192); being a blood donor (OR = 2.824); acceptance of the mutilation of the body if it were necessary (OR = 2.958); and being an atheist or an agnostic (OR = 1.766).
CONCLUSIONS:
Spanish medical students generally have a favourable attitude towards organ donation, although 20% are not in favour.
KW - Trasplante de órganos
KW - Trasplante de órganos
LA - eng
ER -