Abstract

AYALA-SERVIN, Nicolás et al. INFLUENTIAL PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS IN THE ATTITUDE OF PARAGUAYAN MEDICAL STUDENTS TOWARDS ORGAN DONATION. Rev Cient Cienc Méd [online]. 2020, vol.23, n.2, pp.175-183. ISSN 1817-7433.

Background: Organ transplantation is considered the most significant advance in modern medicine. Paraguay is one of the countries with the lowest rates of organ donation, reaching 7 donators per million people. Aim: To determine the psychosocial factors that influence the attitude of Paraguayan medical students of a public university towards organ donation. Methods: The study was cross-sectional analytical observational and non-probabilistic convenience sampling between April and June 2017 at the National University of Asunción (Paraguay). p<0.05 was considered as significant. Results: 279 cases were analyzed; age rank between 18 and 30years old (21.75 ± 2.12);female participation was greater 70.3% (196).The most frequent and influential factors were 37.6% (105) who reported being informed using the internet; 61.6% (172) consider information about organ transplant insufficient; they are aware of the lack of organ donators in 87.8% (245); they approve the organ donation, despite of being unregistered in the related institutions, about 86.37% (241).There is an association of marital status, concept of brain death and autopsy with previous experience / being in favor / being against donation (p<0.05). Conclusion: Marital status, concept of brain death and autopsy are influential and favorable factors in attitudes about donation in medical students of Paraguay.

Keywords : Attitude; Tissue and Organ Procurement; Tissue Donors; Directed Tissue Donation; Organ Transplantation; Students.

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