The impact of educational intervention on attitude towards organ donation among healthcare workers in five hospitals in Malaysia
Introduction : The attitude of healthcare workers (HCW) are essential in influencing organ donation rates. Objective : The study aimed to assess the impact of educational intervention on attitudes towards organ donation among HCW. Methodology : A questionnaire-based interventional study was cond...
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Elsevier
2022
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/93686/7/93686_%20The%20impact%20of%20educational%20intervention%20on%20attitude.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/93686/14/93686_The%20Impact%20of%20Eductional%20Intervention%20on%20Attitude_SCOPUS.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/93686/ https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S004113452100960X?via%3Dihub |
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| Summary: | Introduction : The attitude of healthcare workers (HCW) are essential in influencing organ donation rates.
Objective : The study aimed to assess the impact of educational intervention on attitudes towards organ donation among HCW.
Methodology : A questionnaire-based interventional study was conducted among 458 HCW from five hospitals in Malaysia. A 26-item self-administered questionnaire was distributed online as a pre-intervention test. Afterwards, the respondents went through a website-based educative materials about organ donation and answered the same questionnaire again.
Results : A total of 345 (75.3%) respondents completed the tests. Their attitude towards organ donation was positive pre-intervention. Following it, respondents expressed increase willingness to donate organs (P = 0.008) and their relatives’ organs (P <0.001); were more willing to adopt organ donation as part of the end-of-life care (P = 0.002) and were more comfortable to talk to relatives about organ donation (P = 0.001). There was increased willingness to admit patients to the Intensive Care unit for facilitating organ donation (P = 0.007); to employ the same resources to maintain a potential brain-dead donor (P <0.001); and to support organ donation if they or their relatives have end-stage organ failure (P = 0.008). However, there was increased negative attitude regarding association between organ donation with healthcare failure (P = 0.004), and with pain (P = 0.003). The positive attitude scores were higher following the intervention (P <0.001).
Conclusion : An educational website-based intervention was able to improve HCW attitudes towards organ donation although some potential improvements are required. |
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