Table 4 Adjusted Odds Ratios (95% CI) estimates for location (adjusting for age, sex, religion, education, and occupation)
From: Attitudes to kidney donation among primary care patients in rural Crete, Greece
Conceptual Domains | Positive responses | Vrachasi respondents (n = 127) | Anogia respondents (n = 97) | Adjusted OR (95%CI) | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Registered on the national organ donor register and carry donor card | 5 | 4 (3.1%) | 1 (1.0%) | 0.8 (0.1–9.0) | 0.852 |
Know that it was possible to leave kidneys for transplant | 118 | 89 (70.6%) | 29 (29.9%) | 0.2 (0.1–0.4) | < 0.001 |
Feel well informed about registering as a kidney donor | 35 | 14 (11.0%) | 21 (21.6%) | 3.2 (1.3–8.0) | 0.013 |
Know someone who has received or is waiting to receive a kidney | 55 | 25 (19.7%) | 30 (30.9%) | 2.4 (1.2–5.0) | 0.016 |
Have thought about donating kidneys after death | 89 | 43 (33.9%) | 46 (47.4%) | 2.5 (1.3–4.7) | 0.005 |
Would be willing to register as kidney donor and donate kidneys for transplant | 102 | 68 (54.0%) | 34 (35.1%) | 0.6 (0.3–1.1) | 0.093 |
Have discussed donating kidneys with partner, family member or friend | 86 | 39 (30.7%) | 47 (48.5%) | 2.9 (1.5–5.8) | 0.002 |
Would be willing to register as a donor if it was not necessary to carry a donor card | 111 | 74 (58.3%) | 37 (38.1%) | 0.5 (0.3–1.0) | 0.041 |
Would oppose system that made it lawful to take kidneys from an adult who has just died unless that person had forbidden it while he was alive | 74 | 44 (34.9%) | 30 (31.2%) | 0.7 (0.4–1.3) | 0.250 |
If a kidney donor would mind who received kidneys after death | 66 | 36 (28.3%) | 30 (30.9%) | 1.0 (0.5–1.8) | 0.885 |
Agree that it is important to know that someone else is given a chance of life after donor's death | 196 | 104 (81.9%) | 92 (94.8%) | 4.3 (1.4–13.3) | 0.010 |
Are confident that medical teams will try as hard to save the life of a person who has agreed to donate organs | 144 | 67 (52.8%) | 77 (80.2%) | 3.6 (1.8–7.1) | < 0.001 |
Are worried about kidneys being removed after death | 87 | 32 (25.4%) | 55 (56.7%) | 3.2 (1.7–6.0) | < 0.001 |
Worry that donated organs might be used without consent for other purposes like medical research | 138 | 90 (70.9%) | 48 (50.0%) | 0.4 (0.2–0.7) | < 0.001 |
Find organ donation unacceptable because of religious beliefs | 13 | 7 (5.5%) | 6 (6.2%) | 0.6 (0.2–2.4) | 0.494 |
Think that registering to be a donor is like tempting death | 57 | 22 (17.3%) | 35 (36.5%) | 2.4 (1.2–4.9) | 0.016 |
Think that carrying a donor card is like tempting death | 83 | 28 (22.0%) | 55 (57.3%) | 3.8 (2.0–7.2) | < 0.001 |
Agree that donating organs when you die is a good thing to do | 211 | 119 (97.5%) | 92 (94.8%) | 0.6 (0.1–3.9) | 0.561 |
Think that an intact body is needed after death | 33 | 12 (9.4%) | 21 (21.6%) | 1.8 (0.8–4.3) | 0.184 |
Would consider becoming a live donor if a young child required a kidney | 198 | 112 (88.9%) | 86 (89.6%) | 1.6 (0.6–4.2) | 0.357 |
Would consider becoming a live donor if an adult required a kidney | 158 | 75 (59.5%) | 83 (86.5%) | 5.3 (2.5–11.3) | < 0.001 |