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KMID : 0869520160220020104
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Journal of East-West Nirsing Research
2016 Volume.22 No. 2 p.104 ~ p.112
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The Effect of an Organ Donation Education on Undergraduate Students’ Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Will to Organ Donation
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Kim Jung-Sook
Jang In-Sun
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Abstract
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Purpose: This study aimed to investigate the effects of organ donation education on undergraduate students` knowledge, attitude and prac tice will to organ donation.
Methods: The study used a quasi-experimental design. A total of 164 students from K university, Seoul, Korea were recruited; 74 in the experimental group and 90 in the control group. The experimental group received an education on organ donation developed by researchers. A structured questionnaire was used to measure the student`s knowledge, attitude and practice will to organ do nation before and after the education. Data were analyzed using t-test, χ2-test, and ANCOVA with SPSS WIN 21.0 program.
Results: After the intervention, we found that the scores of knowledge, knowledge of the definition of brain death, donation attitude, total scores of atti tude, emotional attitude, and behavioral attitude were significantly higher in the experimental group than the those of control group. Total knowledge scores were positively correlated with subscales of the knowledge scale and all subscales of attitude toward organ donation.
Con clusion: The results indicate that organ donation education is effective to enhance knowledge and attitude to organ donation in undergrad uate students.
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KEYWORD
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Organ donation, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, University
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