Awareness and attitude to deceased kidney donation among health-care workers in Sokoto, Nigeria

Background: Access to renal replacement therapy by the increasing population of patients with end-stage kidney disease across Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, has become a major public health challenge. Although deceased kidney donation constitutes a viable source, its uptake by patients is co...

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Published in:Annals of African medicine 2018-04, Vol.17 (2), p.75-81
Main Authors: Agwu, Ngwobia, Awosan, Kehinde, Ukwuani, Solomon, Oyibo, Emmanuel, Makusidi, Muhammad, Ajala, Rotimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Analysis
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Blood & organ donations
Cross-Sectional Studies
Developing countries
Diabetes
Disease
Female
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Personnel - psychology
Humans
Hypertension
Kidney diseases
Kidney Transplantation - psychology
Kidneys
LDCs
Male
Medical personnel
Middle Aged
Nigeria
Original
Peritoneal dialysis
Quality of life
Teaching hospitals
Tissue and Organ Procurement
Tissue donation
Transplants & implants
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Summary:Background: Access to renal replacement therapy by the increasing population of patients with end-stage kidney disease across Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, has become a major public health challenge. Although deceased kidney donation constitutes a viable source, its uptake by patients is contingent on its acceptance by health-care workers. Objectives: The aim of this study is to assess the awareness and attitude to deceased kidney donation among health-care workers in Sokoto, Nigeria. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 470 staff of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto, Nigeria (attending a 1-week seminar), selected by universal sampling. Data were collected with a set of pretested, self-administered, and semi-structured questionnaire. Results: The mean age of the respondents was 34.1 ± 7.8 years, and most of them (77.7%) were aged
ISSN:1596-3519
0975-5764
DOI:10.4103/aam.aam_52_17