title: Attitude of ancillary personnel faced with living kidney donation in a hospital with a living donor kidney transplant program.
abstract: Hospital ancillary workers' opinion has credibility among the general public because they work on behalf of a hospital. The objective of this study is to analyze the attitude of ancillary employees toward living kidney donation and the variables that influence such attitude. A random sample of ancillary personnel (n=401) was taken and stratified according to type of service in a transplant hospital. Attitude was evaluated using a survey, which was completed anonymously and self-administered. The completion rate was 94% (n=377). Most (85%) are in favor of related living kidney donation, 7% against, and the 8% undecided. The multivariate analysis found that the variables with more weight affecting attitude are: 1) female sex (odds ratio [OR]=3.75); 2) a respondent's lack of concern about the possible "mutilation" of the body after donation (OR=3.65); 3) a respondent's belief in the possibility of needing a future transplant (OR=2.66); and 4) a respondent's willingness to receive a donated living kidney (OR=10.51).
authors.affiliation: Coordinación Regional de Trasplantes de la Comunidad Autónoma de Murcia, Consejería de Sanidad, Murcia, Spain. ARZRIOS@teleline.es
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ríos
authors.forename: Pablo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: María
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: del Mar Rodríguez
authors.forename: Lewa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: Mariano Jeime
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Montoya
authors.forename: Dolores
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lucas
authors.forename: Jesús
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcaraz
authors.forename: Pascual
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Parrilla
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D019520:Living Donors; D008297:Male; D010564:Personnel, Hospital; D013030:Spain; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement