Table 2 Awareness and knowledge of organ donation and brain death
From: Attitudes towards organ donation in Syria: a cross-sectional study
N (%) | |
|---|---|
Have you ever heard of organ donation? | |
Yes | 249 (82) |
No | 54 (18) |
Where did you hear about organ donation?a | |
Social media | 77 (25) |
Television | 166 (55) |
Newspapers and magazines | 26 (9) |
Internet | 77(25) |
Educational center | 17 (6) |
Friends | 57 (19) |
Family | 40 (13) |
Health-care workers | 34 (11) |
As far as you are concerned, what do you relate organ donation to?a | |
Donation after death | 187 (62) |
Donation during life | 160 (53) |
Brain death | 51 (19) |
Organ trafficking | 52 (17) |
Have you ever heard of brain death? | |
Yes | 188 (63) |
No | 111 (37) |
Do brain-dead patients respond if someone touched their eyes (by frowning, eye blinking, limb movement, etc.)? | |
Yes | 24 (8) |
No | 89 (30) |
Do not know | 186 (62) |
How do brain-dead patients keep their respiratory function? | |
By ventilator | 137 (46) |
Without the aid of any equipment | 28 (9) |
Do not know | 134 (45) |
Do brain-dead patients feel pain? | |
Yes | 30 (10) |
No | 117 (39) |
Do not know | 152 (51) |
Is the recovery of brain-dead patients possible? | |
Yes | 63 (21) |
No | 87 (29) |
Do not know | 149 (50) |
As far as you are concerned, what is brain death related to?a | |
Coma | 147 (49) |
Vegetative state | 24 (8) |
Clinical death | 157 (52) |
Organ donation | 45 (15) |