Attitude of cardiac surgery patients to the problems of organ donation and transplantation (based on the materials of a survey of patients)

G.I. Kovtun

Heart Institute of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine

The aim – to conduct a study among patients of the cardiac surgery clinics and determine their attitude towards organ donation and transplantation.
Materials and methods. To achieve this goal, a study was conducted and empirical information was obtained from a representative sample of 411 patients. The study used general scientific methods of analysis, synthesis, generalization, interpretation of scientific data, as well as a systematic approach.
Results. As a result of the study, the attitude of patients of the cardiac surgery clinics to organ donation and transplantation was determined. It was found that at the level of patients of the cardiac surgery clinics the cultural understanding of society in relation to organ donation and transplantation has not been formed.
Conclusions. The existing cultural views of the patients in Ukraine doesn’t provide positive precedents for development of organ donation based on the system of «organ testament». The analysis of the data obtained from the survey showed that the topic of organ donation and transplantation is not sufficiently familiar to the respondents.

Key words: survey of patients, organ donation, organ transplantation.

[PDF]

[References]