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KMID : 0361120220360040237
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Korean Journal of Transplantation
2022 Volume.36 No. 4 p.237 ~ p.244
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The effect of the Iranian family approachspecific course (IrFASC) on obtaining consent from deceased organ donors’ families
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Ehsan Radi
Matin Ghanavati
Yelda Balik
Jamal Rahmani
Katayoun Nahafizadeh
Mahdi Shadnoush
Behrooz Broumand
Omid Ghobadi
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Abstract
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Background : A family approach and obtaining consent from the families of potential brain-dead donors is the most important step of organ procurement in countries where an opt-in policy applies to organ donation. Health care staff’s communication skills and ability to have conversations about donation under circumstances of grief and emotion play a crucial role in families’ decision-making process and, consequently, the consent rate.
Methods : A new training course, called the Iranian family approach-specific course (IrFASC), was designed with the aim of improving interviewers’ skills and knowledge, sharing experiences, and increasing coordinators’ confidence. The IrFASC was administered to three groups of coordinators. The family consent rate of participants in the same intervals (12 months for group 1, 6 months for group 2, and 3 months for group 3) was measured before and after the training course. The Wilcoxon signed-rank test was used to make comparisons.
Results : The family consent rate was significantly different for all participants before and after the training, increasing from 50.0% to 62.5% (P=0.037). Furthermore, sex (P=0.005), previous training (P=0.090), education (P=0.068), and duration of work as a coordinator (P=0.008) had significant effects on the difference in families’ consent rates before and after IrFASC.
Conclusions: This study showed that the IrFASC training method could improve the success of coordinators in obtaining family consent.
Conclusions : This study showed that the IrFASC training method could improve the success of coordinators in obtaining family consent.
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KEYWORD
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Tissue and organ procurement, Education, Organ transplantation
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