Abstract
BackgroundThe deceased organ donation programme is new in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and to improve acceptability, a broad understanding of public perspectives is thought to be helpful. Therefore, this study aims to explore the extent to which context plays a role in the willingness to register for the deceased organ donation programme in Dubai, UAE.MethodsThis study used a qualitative methodology and was gauged by the tenets of a social ecological model and lay knowledge. Audio-recorded semi-structured interviews were conducted with 17 participants. The data were subsequently analysed thematically.ResultsFour themes emerged from the dataset: fear and body integrity, family, relational ties and the identification of the recipient, religious conviction, and knowledge and personal experiences. The participants feared the whole process, were not aware of the religious outlook, and their knowledge regarding the programme was scarce. In addition, family-related factors, such as parental authority and hierarchy in the family, were also major influencers.ConclusionUsing the social ecological model and lay knowledge helped to unravel the contextual factors that affected the willingness of participants to register for the deceased organ donation programme in Dubai, UAE, thereby enabling the development of a holistic understanding of deceased organ donation. The responses mainly stemmed from participants’ social contexts; hence, awareness campaigns should be tailored to inform people about the technical aspects and address their contextual concerns.
Highlights
The deceased organ donation programme is new in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and to improve acceptability, a broad understanding of public perspectives is thought to be helpful
Plenty of studies have explored people’s perceptions towards organ donation or deceased organ donation, none were conducted in the UAE or examined to what extent context plays a role in participants’ willingness to register for the deceased organ donation programme in Dubai, UAE, gaps in the literature that this study aims to address
Recruitment To collect data that would help answer the research question, purposive, voluntary, and snowball sampling methods were used, as delineated [29, 31]. This is because the type of knowledge and reality we aim to become acquainted with resides within people who are interacting with their context and have heard about the UAE deceased organ donation programme, have experienced it, or witnessed someone experiencing it or a similar programme [29, 31]
Summary
The deceased organ donation programme is new in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and to improve acceptability, a broad understanding of public perspectives is thought to be helpful. This study aims to explore the extent to which context plays a role in the willingness to register for the deceased organ donation programme in Dubai, UAE. Alongside the advancements in surgical techniques and the availability of effective immunosuppressive agents, deceased organ donation programmes are an important addition in making organ transplantation more accessible to patients with organ failure [1]. Spain has been one of the leading countries in implementing the deceased organ donation programme for more than 25 years, with a total of 4818 organ transplantations carried out during 2016 [4]. This could be primarily due to the opt-out system, in which every
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