Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is one of the countries that suffer from low deceased organ donation rates. Success rate of organ or tissue procurement not only depends on approach rate by healthcare providers, but it is also highly relying on the awareness among the public whereby it can be a platform for family initiation of organ donation. Aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and determine the factors influencing attitude towards organ and tissue donation among patients in primary care clinic. METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical study with self-administered questionnaires was conducted in April 2018. RESULTS: Among 383 patients with a mean (SD) 32.69 (9.239) age, 155 (40.5%) were males and 228 (59.5%) were female. Monthly income, education level, occupation and knowledge level are significantly associated with attitude of the respondents towards organ and tissue donation. Knowledge on organ donation and brain death both significantly affected attitude towards organ donation. CONCLUSION: The higher the knowledge on organ donation and brain death, the more positive impression or attitude toward organ donation. Hence, it is important for public health units to promote and deliver public education on organ donation, changed public misconceptions and work parallel with hospitals to increase organ donation rates in Sabah.
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@proceedings{APCPH-2019-173,
title = {Factors Influencing Attitude Towards Organ and Tissue Donation Among Patients in Primary Health Clinic, Sabah},
author = {Lim Kai Joo and Cheah Phee Kheng and Naing Oo Tha},
year = {2019},
date = {2019-07-22},
urldate = {2019-07-22},
journal = {6th Asia-Pacific Conference on Public Health 2019 Proceedings},
issue = {6},
abstract = {INTRODUCTION: Malaysia is one of the countries that suffer from low deceased organ donation rates. Success rate of organ or tissue procurement not only depends on approach rate by healthcare providers, but it is also highly relying on the awareness among the public whereby it can be a platform for family initiation of organ donation. Aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and determine the factors influencing attitude towards organ and tissue donation among patients in primary care clinic. METHODS: A cross-sectional analytical study with self-administered questionnaires was conducted in April 2018. RESULTS: Among 383 patients with a mean (SD) 32.69 (9.239) age, 155 (40.5%) were males and 228 (59.5%) were female. Monthly income, education level, occupation and knowledge level are significantly associated with attitude of the respondents towards organ and tissue donation. Knowledge on organ donation and brain death both significantly affected attitude towards organ donation. CONCLUSION: The higher the knowledge on organ donation and brain death, the more positive impression or attitude toward organ donation. Hence, it is important for public health units to promote and deliver public education on organ donation, changed public misconceptions and work parallel with hospitals to increase organ donation rates in Sabah.},
note = {Type: POSTER PRESENTATION; Organisation: 1Sabah Women and Childrens Hospital, Ministry of Health, Malaysia, 2Regional Transplant Procurement Management Unit, Sabah Transplant Resource Centre, Malaysia, 3Department of Community and Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Malaysia Sabah},
keywords = {Attitudes, Brain Death, Knowledge, Organ Donation, Patients, Sabah},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {proceedings}
}