title: Knowledge Levels and Attitudes of People Living in the City Centre of Nevşehir on Organ Donation and Transplantation.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the knowledge levels and attitudes of people living in Nevşehir on organ donation (OD) and transplantation.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data were collected using a questionnaire administered to 414 people residing in Nevşehir between February and May 2016. The primary and secondary endpoints of the present study were to determine the attitudes and knowledge levels of participants on OD and transplantation, respectively.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Four hundred and fourteen people between the ages 20 and 65 years participated. In total, 8.9% of the participants correctly answered the question 'What is necessary for donating an organ?' and 31.4% of them correctly answered the question 'What is brain death?' Moreover, 53.1% of the participants stated that they wanted to receive reliable information on OD from OD centres. There was a close relationship between high education level and the willingness to donate organs (p<0.05). Further, 94.7% of the participants stated that they did not want to donate organs: 22.9% of them explained that their decision was because of their religious beliefs and 19.6% stated that their families did not allow it. It was observed that people who accepted organs from others were more willing to donate organs to their relatives (p<0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  People living in Nevşehir do not have sufficient knowledge on OD; they had various concerns on the issue and wanted to receive information from OD centres. Exemplification and internalisation methods can be used in educational schedules to increase the OD.
authors.affiliation: Nevşehir Public Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Nevşehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Akif
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Yazar
authors.affiliation: Nevşehir Public Hospital, Intensive Care Unit, Nevşehir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Mehmet Barış
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Açıkgöz
keywords: Organ donation; brain death; public opinion