title: Assessment of Attitude and Knowledge of Personnel in the Intensive Care Unit of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Hospitals Toward Organ Donation.
abstract: The increasing gap between organ supply and demand remains a worldwide problem and can be attributed to several reasons. Because health care workers play an important role in management of brain dead patients, we performed a survey to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of personnel in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Tabriz University of Medical Sciences hospitals toward organ donation.
  
  
  
  This cross-sectional study was included personnel from 8 university affiliated ICUs in Northwest of Iran from May to July 2014. The questionnaire included parts of demographic data and socioeconomic situations as well as status of knowledge and attitude of personnel regarding organ donation.
  
  
  
  Gender, age, marital status, and type of department in which personnel work did not affect attitude toward organ donation. The most common reasons for disagreement for organ donation were religious considerations, fear of surgery, and body mutilation. Nurses have a better acceptance rate than assistants and nonmedical personnel.
  
  
  
  Increasing the knowledge of health care workers in ICUs has strong impact on transplantation rate. The most important thing that should be clarified for this group is the concept of brain death to achieve a multidisciplinary team that believes in organ donation and transplantation.
authors: Anesthesiology Research Team, Department of Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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authors: Shahsavarinia
authors: Tuberculosis and Lung Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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authors: Tagizadieh
authors: Emergency Medicine Research Team, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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authors: Pouraghaei
authors: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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authors: Soleimanpour
authors: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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authors: Kakaie
authors: Tuberculosis and Lung Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
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authors: Sanaie
authors: Anesthesiology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. Electronic address: amahmoodpoor@yahoo.com.
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authors: Mahmoodpoor
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001293:Attitude to Death; D001926:Brain Death; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007492:Iran; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D012067:Religion; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014019:Tissue Donors / Q000523:psychology*; D009927:Tissue and Organ Procurement