Understanding the work-related challenges of organ and tissue donation coordinators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to explore the perceptions of donation coordinators in Canada and understand how the COVID-19 pandemic impacted their work activities.

Design

A sequential mixed-method design incorporating a cross-sectional survey investigating demographic data, substance use and abuse and perceived stress related to the pandemic and semistructured qualitative interviews to further investigate those.

Setting

Organ donation organisations across Canada.

Participants

Canadian organ and tissue donation coordinators working within deceased donation programmes. Participants were recruited using a purposive sampling technique for the survey and qualitative interviews. Recruitment and data collection took place between January 2022 and March 2023.

Analysi

SUBMITTER: Silva E Silva V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11752047 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature