Abstract
The rates of organ donation are alarmingly low in Chile. To determine the relationship between social and family characteristics that influence the decision to donate organs and tissues among adults. The questionnaire developed in Spain by the international collaborative project on organ transplantation and donation, developed and validated in Chile was applied to 383 adults aged 40 ± 17 years (mostly women), living in Coquimbo, Chile. Seventy seven percent of respondents would agree to be a donor. The main features of eventual donors are: being young adult in 62% of respondents, single in 48%, with complete secondary education in 29%, non-practicing Catholic in 37% and being informed on television about transplantation in 66%. In a logistic regression model, the features significantly associated with being an eventual donor were the decision of donating organs of relatives (Odds Ratio [OR] 9.1 95% confidence intervals [CI] 4.8-17-2), commenting and knowing the opinion of relatives (OR 2.3 95%CI 1.2-4.1), especially parents and partner, and a lower age (OR 0.98 95% CI 0.96-0.99). The decision to donate organs is influenced by commenting and knowing the opinion of relatives, especially parents and partners. Also, a lower age is associated with a better attitude towards donation.
Highlights
familial features associated with organ donation in Chilean adults Background
The rates of organ donation are alarmingly low in Chile
The questionnaire developed in Spain by the international collaborative project
Summary
Características sociales y familiares asociadas a la decisión de ser donante de órganos y tejidos en población adulta, Coquimbo, Chile 2019. El 12 de marzo del año 2019 se publicó en el Diario Oficial la Ley N° 21.145, la cual modifica la Ley 19.451 sobre trasplante y donación de órganos para precisar la voluntad del donante fallecido, incorporando que solo mediante documentación (inscripción en el registro de No Donantes) la. Favorablemente, esta cifra aumentó a una tasa de 10,4 por millón de población en el año 2019, siendo la cifra más alta alcanzada en la década, considerando que, del total de 188 donantes fallecidos, solo 134 fueron efectivos, perdiéndose un total de 54 donantes[4], sumando una pérdida de 5% de los órganos procurados[6]. Se plantea esta problemática a nivel local, con el propósito de determinar la relación entre las características sociales y familiares que influyen en la decisión de donar órganos y tejidos en población adulta. El fin es entregar información científica que permita a los equipos de salud y medios de comunicación, promover y mejorar la sensibilización sobre esta necesidad, para aumentar el número de donaciones y de trasplantes
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