Attitudes and Behaviors Regarding Organ Donation: a Study on Officials of Religion in Turkey

The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes and behaviors of religious scholars regarding organ donation and transplantation. In this study, 540 officials working in the Department of Religious Affairs in Kayseri, Turkey, were included. Overall, 86.6% response rate (n = 468) was achieved. Al...

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Published in:Journal of religion and health 2013-06, Vol.52 (2), p.439-449
Main Authors: Güden, Emel, Çetinkaya, Fevziye, Naçar, Melis
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aging
Brain death
Clinical Psychology
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Human organs
Humans
Imams
Islam
Male
Medical students
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Motivation - physiology
Muslims
Organ donation
Organ transplantation
Orginal Paper
Public Health
Questionnaires
Religion and Medicine
Religious Studies
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Tissue Donors - psychology
Transplantation
Turkey
Young Adult
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Summary:The aim of this study is to determine the attitudes and behaviors of religious scholars regarding organ donation and transplantation. In this study, 540 officials working in the Department of Religious Affairs in Kayseri, Turkey, were included. Overall, 86.6% response rate (n = 468) was achieved. Although a majority of the officials of religion in this study stated that they believed in the importance of organ donation (90.8%), the rate of considering donation (57.9%) and the donation rate (1.1%) were found to be substantially low. There is a difference between the employment status and willingness to donate organs. The rate of willingness to donate was significantly high in men than women. And also was high in imams and preachers. Regarding the sources of information, the majority of the respondents (70.0%) cited mass media. Overall, 15.3% cited school education and 42.0% religious publications. The most common question (83.1%) that was asked was "whether or not organ donation was suitable for Muslim religious". Our study revealed that although the research groups have positive ideas about organ donation and transplantation, their role was low in informing and motivating people about organ donation and transplantation.
ISSN:0022-4197
1573-6571
DOI:10.1007/s10943-011-9490-8