Abstract
Greece is one of the countries with the lowest occurrence of blood, organ, and bone
marrow donors. Sociodemographic and other psycho-emotional features such as self-efficacy
seem to be linked to attitudes regarding registering as a donor. The aim of this study
was to explore the attitudes of nursing students regarding blood, organ and bone marrow
donation and socio-emotional background. The study was conducted among the students
of the Nursing Department at the University of Thessaly in Central Greece. An electronic
self-administered questionnaire was distributed to 480 students and 345 students (response
rate: 71.8%) completed the questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of socio-demographic
information, and six questions, concerning knowledge, attitudes and practices towards
blood, organ and bone marrow donation. Emotional Discomfort Scale (EmoD), an 8-item
tool was also used in order to identify if emotional discomfort through daily activities
influences beliefs and responses of the participants. Only one out of five participants
had donated blood voluntarily while those who had been already registered as organ
and bone marrow donors were quite few, 1.4% and 6.4% respectively. Moreover, only
15.1% of the participants were aware of the legislative framework concerning organ,
tissue and bone marrow donation. Multivariate analysis showed that age, nationality
and routine emotional discomfort were determinants of blood and organ donation composite
score. The use of EmoD Scale could help professionals in health care and social fields
to better screen for emotional complexity to become donor, and act in order to positively
alter people’s attitudes.
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Publication history
Published online: May 25, 2022
Accepted:
May 23,
2022
Received in revised form:
May 20,
2022
Received:
December 29,
2021
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