A study on the factors affecting the intention to register brain dead organ donation

Se Hong Choi; Chiyoung Cha; Kyung Sook Hong; Eui Kyo Seo

doi:10.55911/JKSBS.23.0024

A study on the factors affecting the intention to register brain dead organ donation

J Korean Skull Base Soc 2023;18(2):131-140

Published online October 31, 2023

Se Hong Choi¹, Chiyoung Cha², Kyung Sook Hong³, Eui Kyo Seo⁴

¹College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University and Ewha Womans University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
²College of Nursing, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
³Division of Critical Care Medicine, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea
⁴Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence to: Chiyoung Cha
E-mail chiyoung@ewha.ac.kr
ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0115-1348

Received October 4, 2023; Revised October 8, 2023; Accepted October 10, 2023.

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Abstract: Background: This study investigated factors affecting the intention to register brain-dead organ donation.
Materials and Methods: A survey was conducted with 160 outpatients from a university hospital in Seoul. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, an ANOVA, Scheffé’s test, Pearson’s correlantion coefficient, and stepwise regression analysis were used.
Results: Religion (β = 0.133, P = 0.028), theory of planned behavior (subjective norms; β = 0.272, P = 0.001), attitudes toward behavior (β = 0.192, P = 0.024), perceived behavioral control (β = 0.159, P = 0.048), and interpersonal communication (β = 0.192, P = 0.025) were significant in the intention to register as organ donation in brain-dead patients.
Conclusions: To increase the intention to register brain-dead organ donation, it is necessary that frequent conversations and listening to information from various people, such as family, relatives, and acquaintances should become more active.; Keywords : Brain death, Intention, Knowledge, Communication, Theory of planned behavior