title: Organ Donation: What Are the Opinions of Nursing Students at the University of Bialystok in Poland?
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Nursing students, as future professionals, have an enormous impact on the opinion of the rest of the population on topics of organ donation and transplantation (ODT). The objective of this study was to analyze the attitudes of nursing students at the University of Bialystok toward ODT, and to determine the factors that affect ithemt.
  
  
  METHODS
  Academic year 2011-2012.
  
  
  METHODS
  nursing students at the University of Bialystok. Type of sampling: sampling points during 5 compulsory-attendance nursing courses with >80% fulfillment. Measuring instrument: validated questionnaire (PCID-ODT Rios) filled out anonymously and self-administered.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Completion rate of 90% (331/367): 58% (n = 191) in favor, 35% (n = 118) undecided, and 7% (n = 22) against. The most important variables were: being in the 1st year (odds ratio [OR], 4.444; 95% confidence interval [CI], 11.627-1.700; P = .002); not knowing any donor (OR, 12.048; 95% CI, 55.555-2.57; P = .018); being in favor of organ donation by a relative (OR, 6.25; 95% CI, 14.705-2.666; P < .001); discussing the topic with friends (OR, 2,785; 95% CI, 5.347-1.447; P = .002); not worried about the possible mutilation of the body after donation (OR, 3.039; 95% CI, 5.882-1.569; P = .001); favorable attitude toward ODT of mother (OR, 3.676 (0.881-1.814; P < .001); accepting other treatment options, such as inhumation (OR, 3.436; 95% CI, 7.092-1.655; P = .001); accepting autopsy after death (OR, 2.141; 95% CI, 4.065-1.126; P = .020); and professing the Catholic religion (OR, 3.436; 95% CI, 8.333-1.410; P = .007).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  More than 42% of the nursing students were not in favor of organ donation, their attitudes influenced by various psychosocial factors.
authors.affiliation: International Collaborative Donor Project ("Projecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante"), Murcia, Spain; Department of Nursing, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain; Hospital General Universitario Reina Sofia, Murcia, Spain. Electronic address: marmikla@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mikla
authors.affiliation: International Collaborative Donor Project ("Projecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante"), Murcia, Spain; Department of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Murcia, Spain; Transplant Unit, Surgery Service, IMIB-Clinical Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Regional Transplant Center, Department of Health and Consumer Affairs in the Region of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rios
authors.affiliation: International Collaborative Donor Project ("Projecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante"), Murcia, Spain; Department of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Murcia, Spain; Department of Psychology, Catholic University San Antonio, UCAM, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lopez-Navas
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Klimaszewska
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health Sciences, Medical University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Krajewska-Kulak
authors.affiliation: International Collaborative Donor Project ("Projecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante"), Murcia, Spain; Department of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Murcia, Spain; Transplant Unit, Surgery Service, IMIB-Clinical Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Regional Transplant Center, Department of Health and Consumer Affairs in the Region of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Martinez-Alarcón
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Veterinary, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ramis
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynecology, University of Murcia, Spain; Transplant Unit, Surgery Service, IMIB-Clinical Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain; Regional Transplant Center, Department of Health and Consumer Affairs in the Region of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ramirez
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Lopez Montesinos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016377:Organ Transplantation / Q000523:psychology*; D011044:Poland; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement