Objective  To investigate the current status of the willingness of organ donation among floating population in Guangdong Province and explore its influence factors.

  Methods  The questionnaire survey was conducted to investigate general information of the floating population and their willingness of organ donation, knowledge of organ donation, attitude towards organ donation and death as well as the willingness of family discussion (organ donation), etc. The correlation analysis of variables and the willingness of organ donation in floating population was conducted by Spearman rank correlation, and the multivariate analysis was conducted by multiple linear regression model.

  Results  Among the floating population, the people who were female, from city, owned an average monthly household income per capita of RMB 4 001-5 000 yuan, got acquaintance with the organ donors or their families, got acquaintance with accepted the organ donors or their families had higher willingness of organ donation (all in P<0.05). Scores of the willingness of organ donation, knowledge of organ donation, attitude towards organ donation and the willingness of family discussion were 1.95±0.91, 5.02±2.40, 92.00±16.78 and 3.98±1.28 respectively. The willingness of family discussion, knowledge of organ donation and recognition of the value of organ donation showed positive correlation with the willingness of organ donation (P<0.05-0.01). The cause hindering organ donation and fear of death showed negative correlation with the willingness of organ donation (all in P<0.01). Five variables were integrated into the multiple linear regression analysis model, including willingness of family discussion, knowledge of organ donation, recognition of the value of organ donation, cause hindering organ donation and fear of death.

  Conclusions  The willingness of organ donation among the floating population in Guangdong Province is on or below the medium level, and its influence factors include willingness of family discussion, knowledge of organ donation, recognition of the value of organ donation, cause hindering organ donation and fear of death.