Polish attitudes towards unspecified kidney donation: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic kidney disease effects about 4.2 million people in Poland, yet Polish organ donation research is rare. In addition, compared to other countries in the world, Poland has a relatively low living donation rate. Still, little is known about how Poles would react to the possibility of living kidney donation to strangers. A study was conducted to examine public opinion about living kidney donation, as well as their knowledge about it, willingness to donate to a stranger, and support for a possible expansion of existing Polish organ donation legislation to include living donation to strangers.

Methods

A self-report questionnaire, which included a socio-demographic datasheet (9 questions), 16 questions about attitudes towards living donation, and 1 question about

SUBMITTER: Kurleto P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006497 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature