Volume 27, Issue 131, January 2023

A cross-sectional study to explore the attitude of organ donation among school students and teachers in Makkah region, Saudi Arabia

Saad Albagami¹, Salah Bakry¹, Meshari Alqurashi^1♦, Abdulrahman Alharthi¹, Mohammed alharbi¹, Muhannad Alwezainani¹, Sulten Alzahrani¹ Abdullah Rajeh Alutaibi², Bader Saleh Alsanei², Turki Abdullah Almahdawi³, Fawaz Mohammed Alzubaidi⁴, Mohammed R Alhayli⁵, Mohamed A Elhefny^6,7

¹Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al -Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
²Dental Intern, Faculty of Dentistry, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
³Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al Qunfudah, Saudi Arabia
⁴Department of Pediatrics, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
⁵Consultant of Pediatrics and Neonatal ICU, Head of pediatric department, Ministry of health at South Qunfudah General hospital, Ministry of health, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
⁶Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al-Qura University, Al-Qunfudah, Saudi Arabia
⁷Department of Cancer and Molecular Biology, NCI, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

^♦Corresponding author
Faculty of Medicine, Umm Al -Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Background: Organ transplantation is significant last treatment for several diseases. Schools play an important role in educating students about organ donation and it's important. Thus, this study focusing on determines attitude of students and teachers about organ donation. Methodology: An online survey was distributed among schools in Makkah region, Saudi Arabia among February 2022. Results: Overall, 490 participants from Makkah region schools were included in this study. Only 1.2% of participants had a previous history of organ transplantation, while 35.5% desired to donate. Most of the participants have not had organ donation cards. The majority of participants believed that organ donation to everyone (N=398) and the term "life-saving "are the major cause to donate organs (N=455). However, our included participants believed that kidneys only could be donated (N=194). Both students and teachers significantly corresponded to the previous past history of donation, individuals to donate to and organs to donate to (P-value, 0.004, 0.001, 0.010, respectively). Conclusion: Most of participants unwilling to enroll in organ transplant programs. Therefore, it is critical to engage these individuals and provide immediate registration opportunities. Furthermore, promotional and awareness programs are also mandatory to aware school community regarding the significance of organ donation.

Keywords: Organ donation, Attitude, School students, Schoolteachers, Makkah region, Saudi Arabia

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e22ms2554

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i131/e22ms2554

Published: 07 January 2023