Abstract:
Objective To learn about the level of cognition in human organ transplantation and willingness of donation in medical and non-medical college students in Beijing and to investigate the differences of cognition in organ transplantation between these two kinds of college students.
Methods A questionnaire survey was conducted by non-probability sampling in 960 students from 4 medical colleges and 4 non-medical colleges in Beijing. The contents of survey included 3 aspects: level of cognition in organ transplantation, views of advertising organ transplantation in colleges and personal willingness of organ donation.
Results The effective return-ratio is 91.9%(882/960). Ninty-seven point three persent(858/882) of students knew about organ transplantation and 93.9% (828/882) regarded it was a career of benefiting mankind. There was significant difference in the approach of organ transplantation knowledge except media communication (χ2=11.20, P<0.05). Seventy-five point two percent (306/407) of medical college students thought it was necessary to advertise organ transplantation, while only 58.1%(275/473)of non-medical college students thought it was necessary, where significant difference was observed (χ2=28.33,P<0.01). The willingness of organ donation in medical college students was significantly higher than that in non-medical college students (χ2=6.054,P<0.05).
Conclusions Both the medical and non-medical college students in Beijing have good knowledge and understanding on organ transplantation, but there are obvious differences in popularity degree of advertising and willingness of donation between these two kinds of college students.
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