Evaluating Organ Donation Decision in ICU Patients’ Families by Analytic Network Process Approach
Table 2
Descriptive statistics of attitude about organ donation.
Positively/negatively
Items
μ ± σ
Positively worded items
“Organ donation is a good thing and the right thing.
4.30 ± .776
Donating the organs of a loved one makes me feel they are still alive; it is a continuation of their life.
4.14 ± .891
Organ donation helps others by saving their lives.
4.39 ± .728
Organ donation is an expression of altruistic love.
4.21 ± .784
Negatively worded items
I do not want to donate the organs of my loved one because I am worried about the opinions of family and friends.
3.47 ± 1.043
I do not want to donate the organs of my loved one because I’m worried that the hospital would not do their best in saving my loved one.
3.66 ± 1.099
Donating organs means the remains of my loved one will be incomplete; that is why I reject it.
3.74 ± 1.015
Our bodies—to every hair and bit of skin—are received by us from our parents, and we must not presume to injure or wound them; that is why organ donation is unacceptable.
