Effective analysis of organ donation intervention in community residents

Abstract

Objective We tried to explore the effects of organ donation intervention on organ dona-tion knowledge, attitude and willingness of community residents and analyze its promotive factors, thereby to provide valuable basis to increase organ donation rate. Methods 354 community residents in Hengyang city of Hunan province were randomly collected and received organ donation intervention. The scores of organ donation knowledge, attitude and willingness, living organ (bone marrow and kidney) donation will-ingness rate, and supporting relative organ donation status were compared before and after intervention. We also investigated the factors that could enhance organ donation. Results In comparison with before intervention, organ donation knowledge and willingness scores(t value was 4.46 and 5.13), bone marrow donation willingness rate (χ2 value was 9.27) and supporting relative organ donation proportion(χ2 value was 10.74) were increased, but organ donation attitude score was decreased in community residents. However, organ donation intervention had no effect on kidney donation willingness rate. Community residents recognized that economic compensation (43.68%) , organ distributing fair (23.85%) and consummate organ donation regime (11.21%) were the most important to facilitate organ donation. Conclusions Organ donation intervention can notably improve organ donation knowledge, attitude and willingness of community residents. Moreover, giving determinate economic compensation, ensuring organ distributing fair and ameliorating organ donation regime may play key roles in re-lieving current organ shortage crisis. Key words: Community residents; Organ donation; Intervention; Knowledge; Attitude; Willingness