TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Uhlig, Constantin E.
A1  - Böhringer, Daniel
A1  - Hirschfeld, Gerrit
A1  - Seitz, Berthold
A1  - Schmidt, Hartmut
T1  - Attitudes Concerning Postmortem Organ Donation : A Multicenter Survey in Various German Cohorts
JF  - Annals of Transplantation
N2  - BACKGROUND
The aim of this study was to characterize postmortem organ donation attitudes in various German cohorts.

MATERIAL AND METHODS
Employees of 2 German cities and 2 German university hospitals, employees of a German automobile enterprise, and members of a German Medical Society were administered a questionnaire about postmortem organ and tissue donation attitudes. Demographic data and general attitudes were questioned and focused on: I) willingness to donate organs, II) holding a donor card, and III) having discussed the topic with the family.

RESULTS
Of 5291 participants, 65.2% reported favoring postmortem organ donation. Missing negative experiences, the idea that donation is helpful, a non-medical professional environment, excellent general health, gender, agreement with the brain-death paradigm, and age significantly influenced the participants’ attitudes. Participants were more likely to possess donor cards and had discussed more often with family members if they agreed with the brain-death paradigm and considered donation to be helpful. Males and older participants were the most likely to neglect donor cards, and Catholics, Protestants, and participants with poor health were the least likely to donate organs. Interest in receiving more information was expressed by 38.1% and 50.6% of participants refusing donation of all or of specific organs, respectively, and suggested the internet (60.0%) and family doctors (35.0%) as preferred sources of information.

CONCLUSIONS
Public campaigns in Germany should focus on males and older people as regards donor cards, and females, younger, and religiously affiliated persons as regards the general willingness to donate organs postmortem.
KW  - Organ Transplantation
KW  - Tissue and Organ Procurement
KW  - Transplantation
KW  - Homologous
Y1  - 2015
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:959-opus-23834
SN  - 1425-9524
SS  - 1425-9524
SN  - 2329-0358
SS  - 2329-0358
U6  - https://doi.org/10.12659/AOT.894385
DO  - https://doi.org/10.12659/AOT.894385
VL  - 20
SP  - 614
EP  - 621
ER  -