Abstract: Organ transplantation is considered now a days as one of the most evolving and important medical fields and it is referred to many times as the last saving life option of treatment. An organ transplant may save a person’s life, or it may significantly improve their health and quality of life. Because of the highly increased demand of organ transplantations and the real deficiency in organs and lack of donors we have chosen this important topic for our research" Measuring the Knowledge and Attitudes towards Organ Donation among the students at Al- Imam university" aiming to identify the proportion of potential organ donors among Al-Imam university students and to explore the motives and obstacles associated with organ donation in this group and finally to report our results hoping to contribute in improving and increasing the number of organ donation in KSA. The data collection tool was self-administered questioner which was focused to assess the (KAP) knowledge, attitudes and practice toward organ donation in a sample of 141 students at Al-Imam University. We found that (92,3%) of the study sample already have heard about Organ donation and only (11.3%) know about donation cards. Only (44%) of respondents know the (Islamic hokm) of donation. (73%) believe that the number of donated organs is still below the increased demand. The questioner shows that (31.2%) would think of organ donation and mostly for religious and humanitarian causes but when asked if welling and ready now to donate, the percentage drops to (11.4%). Only 1 respondent has a donation card and NOBODY (0%) has already donated. In conclusion, We found that the main obstacles preventing the study group from donation include the lack of accurate and correct information, misconception of the Islamic perspective of donation and believing of organ donation as a risky and harmful procedure. On the other hand, the most observed motives of donation were religious and humanitarian. These findings would help all the interested parties in improving organ donation in Saudi Arabia to meet the ambitions.
Keywords: Organ Donation, Measuring the Knowledge and Attitudes, Islamic hokm.
Title: Measuring the Knowledge and Attitudes towards Organ Donation among the Students at Al-Imam University
Author: Balbaid K., Al-Abdulqader A., Al-Nissayan A., Bukhari A., Al-Shahri D.
International Journal of Healthcare Sciences
ISSN 2348-5728 (Online)
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