Awareness and attitudes towards organ donation among Egyptian physicians: A single-centre study from a tertiary academic hospital

Table 1 Sociodemographic and academic characteristics, n (%)

Variables			Total 391 (100%)
Sociodemographic characteristics	Age (mean ± SD), range (min-max)	36.3 ± 9.8 years, 51 (19-70)
	Sex	Male	107 (27.4)
		Female	284 (72.6)
	Marital status	Single	130 (33.2)
		Married	244 (62.4)
		Divorced	4 (1.1)
		Widow	13 (3.3)
	Religion	Muslim	373 (95.4)
		Christian	18 (4.6)
	Residence	Urban	358 (91.6)
		Rural	33 (8.4)
Academic characteristics	Speciality	Academic	63 (16.1)
		Medical	293 (74.9)
		Surgical	35 (9.0)
	Title, MD degree	Resident/house officer	119 (30.4)
		Master’s degree; assistant lecturer/specialist	135 (34.5)
		Lecturer/consultant	70 (18)
		Assistant professor	13 (3.3)
		Professor	54 (13.8)
	Previous experience with transplant team	Yes	81 (20.7)
		No	310 (79.3)

Table 2 Attitudes towards organ transplantation, n (%)

Attitudes towards organ transplantation		Total 391 (100%)
Organ transplantation should be promoted	Strongly agree	167 (42.7)
	Agree	183 (46.8)
	Disagree	36 (9.2)
	Strongly disagree	5 (1.3)
Priority should be for critically ill patients	Strongly agree	103 (26)
	Agree	217 (56)
	Disagree	58 (15)
	Strongly disagree	13 (3)
Agree to be a living organ donor	Yes	163 (41.6)
	For relatives only	157 (40.2)
	No	71 (18.2)
Agree to be a deceased organ donor	Yes	168 (43.0)
	No	117 (29.9)
	Not decided	106 (27.1)

Table 3 Ethical aspects of organ transplantation, n (%)

	Ethical aspects of organ transplantation		Total 391 (100%)
Attitude towards none self-grafts	Agree to receive graft from stranger if needed	Yes	234 (59.8)
		No	157 (40.2)
	Agree to donate child family member after death	Yes	91 (23.3)
		No	300 (76.7)
	Agree to donate adult family member after death	Yes	109 (27.9)
		No	282 (72.1)
Who should give the consent for?	Living donor	Donor	376 (97.2)
		Others	11 (2.8)
	Donation after death	Family	226 (57.8)
		Spouse	52 (13.3)
		Friend	1 (0.3)
		Don’t know	112 (28.6)
	Unclaimed dead bodies	Charitable organization	30 (7.7)
		Doctors	66 (16.9)
		Judge	96 (24.5)
		None	57 (14.6)
		Don’t know	142 (36.3)

Table 4 Comparison of knowledge levels regarding organ donation by sociodemographic and academic characteristics, n (%)

Variable	Category	Knowledge			χ², P value
		Low knowledge 324 (82.9%)	Moderate knowledge 51 (13%)	High knowledge 16 (4.1%)
Age: (years)		35.7 ± 9.8	37.5 ± 7.9	42.8 ± 11.2	4.5032, 0.0121
Sex	Female	256 (90.1)	22 (7.7)	6 (2.1)	38.892, < 0.0011
	Male	68 (63.6)	29 (27.1)	10 (9.3)
Marital status	Single	113 (86.9)	13 (10.0)	4 (3.1)	4.071, 0.667
	Married	196 (80.3)	36 (14.8)	12 (4.9)
	Divorced	4 (100.0)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
	Widowed	11 (84.6)	2 (15.4)	0 (0.0)
Religion	Christian	15 (83.3)	3 (16.7)	0 (0.0)	0.963, 0.618
	Muslim	309 (82.8)	48 (12.9)	16 (4.3)
Residence	Rural	24 (72.7)	6 (18.2)	3 (9.1)	3.377, 0.185
	Urban	300 (83.8)	45 (12.6)	13 (3.6)
Title	Resident/demonstrator	111 (93.3)	5 (4.2)	3 (2.5)	22.800, 0.0041
	Master/assistant lecturer/specialist	110 (81.5)	21 (15.6)	4 (3.0)
	MD/lecturer/consultant	50 (71.4)	17 (24.3)	3 (4.3)
	Assistant professor	11 (84.6)	1 (7.7)	1 (7.7)
	Professor	42 (77.8)	7 (13.0)	5 (9.3)
Specialty	Academic	56 (88.9)	7 (11.1)	0 (0.0)	4.200, 0.380
	Medical	241 (82.3)	38 (13.0)	14 (4.8)
	Surgical	27 (77.1)	6 (17.1)	2 (5.7)
Work on organ donation	No	281 (90.6)	23 (7.4)	6 (1.9)	64.229, < 0.0011
	Yes	43 (53.1)	28 (34.6)	10 (12.3)

¹Statistically significant < 0.05.

²Anova test.

χ² test was used.