Attitude of Healthcare Professionals: A Major Limiting Factor in Organ Donation from Brain-Dead Donors
Table 2
Obstacles in identification of potential deceased donor according to 587 interviewed .
Factor
LDR
HDR
Poor relations with a family of deceased patient
5.2 ± 3.4
4.5 ± 3.1
0.04
Lack of experience in communication with DD family
4.8 ± 3.2
4.1 ± 3.2
0.04
Unfamiliarity with the procedure of potential donor identification
4.4 ± 3.4
3.1 ± 3.3
0.001
Professional burnout
3.7 ± 3.3
3 ± 3.2
0.03
Diffidence in brain death diagnosis procedure
3.5 ± 3.2
2.6 ± 3
0.004
Whole team indifference to the demand of organs for transplant
3.2 ± 3.1
2.6 ± 3.1
0.05
Concern about suspicion of abuse or exceeding one’s competence
3.3 ± 3.5
2.5 ± 3.3
0.02
Low fiscal motivation
2.8 ± 3.5
2.1 ± 3.1
0.03
Conflicts within the team
1.5 ± 2.4
1.3 ± 2.3
0.5
Open or covert reluctance of the superiors
1.4 ± 2.4
1.2 ± 2.4
0.6
Physicians were asked to assign the number of points from 0 to 10 to each factor, with 0 meaning totally insignificant and 10 a factor of crucial importance.
