Investigating the Factors Affecting Tendency to Body Organ Donation: A Case Study at a Military University

Background and Aim: Organ donation is a social action that is based on the individual s decision in time of life or Family consent at the time of brain death. The aim of this study was to investigating the Factors Affecting Tendency to Body Organ Donation: A Case Study at a Military University.Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted on 330 employees of a military university in 1396. The data were collected by questionnaire and face to face interview with two groups of cardholders without a donation card and analyzed using SPSS 18 software and descriptive and inferential statistics.Results: According to Chi-square and t-test, there was a significant relationship between the organ donation and the two variables of age and education (P = 0.0001). Results show that most of people (about 75 percent) has positive attitude to organ donation and persons with donation card had more share than person without card. . Results of regression analysis show that with growth of rationalism, ethics, awareness of conditions and characteristics of organ donation and finally usage of communication media increase the probability or chance of that a person receives donation card.Conclusion: The present study shows that social and cultural factors have a significant role in the donation and transplantation, and in order to pave the path of donation, a good look at these factors can be beneficial

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social action , Rationalism , Ethics , Trust , Knowledge and awareness , universalism , Organ donation and transplantation