375352

ETHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION REGARDING ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION AMONG EGYPTIAN DOCTORS ”

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Last updated: 03 Jan 2025

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• Medical Law, Medical Ethics, Medical Malpractice

Abstract

Introduction: Organ transplantation started in 1954. Improvements in organ transplantation have made progress to save many people suffering from end-stage organ failure because organ transplantation is the treatment of choice for most end-stage organ failure diseases. Objectives: Although physicians can affect attitudes toward organ donation in society, few studies about the attitudes of these Egyptian physicians toward organ donation have been conducted in Egypt. Therefore, the objective of our study was to assess the ethical knowledge and perceptions of doctors regarding organ donation methods. In our research, we used the online Google form, which was distributed throughout Facebook and Whats' app (the two most popular social media platforms), to ensure a high rate of response. The researchers shared the link of the survey along with the explanation of its purpose to encourage the participants. Calculations of correct responses were coded as 1, and correct and unknown responses were coded as 0. (18 questions, maximum score 18, minimum score 0). The percent score was calculated as: individual response/maximum score 18 *100. Results: A total of 247 physicians participated in the survey, and the mean age of the participants was 36 years (standard deviation ±4. A total of 89.9% of the respondents had clinical specialties, and 44.5% had master's degrees. The majority of the participants (n=149, 81.9%) had not read about the law regulating organ transplantation. A total of 74 (40.7%) of them knew about the law from media, 53 (29.1%) knew about the law from practice, 43 (23.6%) knew about the law from study, and 12 (6.6%) of participants knew about the law from other resources. A total of 137 responders had poor knowledge, 110 had good knowledge about OD, and more knowledge was among surgeons. Among the 247 participants, 44.5% had an average knowledge score and suboptimal practice score, with a mean knowledge score of 8 ± 3 and a median of 8 (6,10). Conclusion: Most of the participants had poor knowledge. Poor knowledge increased in urban areas in comparison to good knowledge about OD. There was greater knowledge among surgeons. The majority of participants had their knowledge of practice

DOI

10.21608/ejfsat.2024.285508.1326

Keywords

Key words: organ donation, Ethics, physician knowledge

Authors

First Name

Nashwa

Last Name

Saged

MiddleName

Mohammed

Affiliation

lecturer offorensic medicine and clinical toxicoloy department ,faculty of medicine ,cairo university

Email

nashwa.saged@kasralainy.edu.eg

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Orcid

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Soliman

Affiliation

lecturer of forensic medicine and clinical toxicology faculty of medicine cairo university

Email

fatma.soliman@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

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First Name

Marwa

Last Name

Zein

MiddleName

mohammed

Affiliation

Lecturer of community medicine and public health faculty of medicine cairo university

Email

marwa.zein@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

-

First Name

Heba

Last Name

Mostafa

MiddleName

Abdullah

Affiliation

lecturer at Forensic Medicine and Clinical Toxicology Department faculty of medicine Cairo University

Email

heba.abdullah@kasralainy.edu.eg

City

-

Orcid

0000-0002-7349-7578

Volume

24

Article Issue

2

Related Issue

48286

Issue Date

2024-06-01

Receive Date

2024-05-10

Publish Date

2024-06-01

Page Start

79

Page End

86

Print ISSN

1687-0875

Online ISSN

2535-1915

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https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/article_375352.html

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375,352

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Type Code

429

Publication Type

Journal

Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences and Applied Toxicology

Publication Link

https://ejfsat.journals.ekb.eg/

MainTitle

ETHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTION REGARDING ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION AMONG EGYPTIAN DOCTORS ”

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Article

Created At

23 Dec 2024