Medical Science
Volume 24, Issue 102, March - April, 2020
Knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation in Albaha region, KSA
Mohamed D A Gismalla1♦, Ali G Alghamdi2, Abdulmajeed A Y Alzahrani3, Bader A Y Alzahrani3, Abdullah M A Alfalah3, Majed A Almoafa3, AbdulazizI Alghamdi3, Muteb Saad M Alrobai3
1Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University- Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gezira University
2Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University
3Intern, Faculty Medicine, Albaha University
♦Corresponding author
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Albaha University, Albaha, Saudi Arabia /
Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Gezira University, Wad Medani, Gezira, Sudan
Email: mohadaff22@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
Aim and Background: Worldwide there is shortage in organ donors compared to number of patients waiting for transplantation. This
study is aimed to determine the awareness and attitude of community to words organ donation in Albaha region, Saudi Arabia.
Materials and Method: This is cross-sectional questionnaire survey which conducted in Albaha region, Saudi Arabia during January-
February 2018. Self-administered questionnaire was designed to determine awareness, knowledge and attitude participants to ward
organ transplantation and organ donation. Result: The total number of participants who agreed to participate in the study is 385, all
of them from Albaha region, Saudi Arabia. The mean age is 32 range between (15 -72). Sixty four % of participants are willing to
donates their organ under certain circumstances. They can donate to their family or to any one among 48% and 41% of them
respectively. The cultural reasons are the commonest refusal cause of donation among 46.8%. Age, sex and educational level are
related to attitude of participants towards organ donation without significant relation. Conclusion: Most of participants are willing to
donate their organ with high response, this willing is related to education and age of participant.
Keywords: organ donors, questionnaire, Organ transplantation, community
Medical Science, 2020, 24(102), 870-875
