Abstract

22Jan 2018 THE KNOWLEDGE, PERCEPTION AND ATTITUDES TOWARDS ORGAN DONATION AMONG GENERAL POPULATION - JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA. Layan Khushaim , Roaa Al Ghamdi , Faisal Al-Husayni , Abdulaziz Al-Zahrani , Arshadullah Khan and Ahmed Al Zahrani. College of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College for Health Science, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Department of Surgery, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Highlights

  • The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge and attitude of the general population towards organ donation (OD) in Jeddah city, Saudi Arabia and to analyze various factors affecting them

  • Self-designed questionnaires were distributed on adult Saudi population of both sexes in four malls in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and the collected data were statistically analyzed

  • Study subjects:Saudi adults (18 years-old and older), males and females, residents of Jeddah, Saudi arabia were included, but participants who were younger than 18 years-old and those with incomplete data were excluded from the study

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1. College of Medicine, Ibn Sina National College for Health Science, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi. 2. College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. 3. Department of Surgery, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, National Guard Hospital, Manuscript Info

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