The profile of the families who go through the decision-making process of donatiing their child’s organ

Autores

  • Fernanda Peruchi
  • Regina Szylit Bousso

Palavras-chave:

Brain death, Tissue donors, Family, Tissue and organ procurement.

Resumo

The aim of this study was to describe the profile of the families who go through the decision-making process of organ donation of their child. Data collection was made through the analysis of the handbooks from the Organ Procurement Organization (OPO) and statistically analyzed using the Qui-square test. The results show a predominance of nondonors (65%), greater frequency of deaths for violent causes (62%), predominance of adolescents (52%), average time of hospitalization of 7 days between the donors, and 4 days between the non-donors, and greater frequency of both parents approach (25%) during the interview with the OPO members. The limitations of this study included the absence of data in the handbooks regarding religion, family income, school level and parents’ occupation.

 

 

Publicado

2007-04-11

Como Citar

Peruchi, F., & Bousso, R. S. (2007). The profile of the families who go through the decision-making process of donatiing their child’s organ. Rev Rene, 8(2). Recuperado de http://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/5287

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