title: Comparative analysis of family consent to tissue donation according to two different donation form structures.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To define donors' profile of an Organ and Tissue Procurement Center and compare the family consent for tissue donation before and after modification of the Donation Term.
  
  
  METHODS
  A descriptive, documentary and quantitative study performed in an Organ and Tissue Procurement Center, analyzed 111 feasible donors' charts in the period from March 13 to September 13, 2010 (1st period), and from September 14, 2010 to March 14, 2011 (2nd period), based on the modification date.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The mean age of donors was 45.2 years, being 52.3% female. The causes of death included cerebral vascular accident (stroke) (64%), head trauma (27%), anoxic encephalopathy (2.7%), firearm injuries (2.7%) and others (3.6%). The notifications were predominantly of spontaneous origin (91%). Comparing the periods before and after the modification of the Donation Term, the donation consent for cornea increased by 17.2% and the consent for skin, bones, tendons and muscles had a discreet increase by 3.1%, 9.9% and 0.4%, respectively. On the other hand, there was decrease in consent for blood vessel (0.8%) and heart valves (4.1%) between the two periods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  There was increase in family consent for donation of most tissues, but it was statistically significant only for cornea donation.
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Manoela Gomes
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Grossi
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Layse Beneli
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Prado
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Geórgia Pereira Silveira
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Jaquelini Pereira dos
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Amanda Silva de Macêdo
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Bezerra
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Cesar Augusto Guimarães
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Marcelino
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Antônio Flávio Sanchez de
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.affiliation: Instituto Dante Pazzanese de Cardiologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
authors.forename: Andrea Cotait
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Ayoub
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001926:Brain Death; D001938:Brazil; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors; D020458:Third-Party Consent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D014019:Tissue Donors; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*