Knowledge and attitude of ICU nurses, students and patients towards the Austrian organ donation law

BMC Medical Ethics

Table 2 Percentage of participants who knew the law before depending on gender, age and education level in the four groups

Change in Law	All		ICU nurses		Students health sciences		Students non-health sciences
	Law is known		Law is known		Law is known		Law is known
	Y (%)	N (%)	Y (%)	N (%)	Y (%)	N (%)	Y (%)	N (%)
No Change	82	64*	72	50*	88	69*	84	67*
Opt in	7	14*	17	15	6	12*	7	17*
Opt out!	1	1	1	0	1	1	2	2
Opt out?	6	17*	10	35*	5	19*	7	14*

No change: The Austrian law should not be changed and I will not choose the “opt-out” option. Opt-in: I favour the introduction of an (active) donation register, the so called “opt-in” option. “Opt-out”!: I want to choose the “opt-out” option and definitely plan to be added to the contradiction register. “Opt-out”?: I am thinking about the “opt-out” option. * p < 0.05, Chi square test.

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