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Knowledge Gaps and Educational Needs in Organ Donation: A Cross-Sectional Study Among Patients With End-Stage Renal Disease and Their Families.

Key takeaways

Researchers gave questionnaires to people with kidney failure, also called end-stage renal disease (ESRD), and to their family members. The study ran at 2 large hospitals from December 2020 to September 2021. It looked at how much people knew about organ donation and how that knowledge lined up with their willingness to donate. This kind of survey shows a link between knowledge and attitudes, not proof that more education changes minds.

Who did this work

Chasan G (Second Department of Surgery, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece; Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Komotini "Sismanoglio", Komotini, Greece. Electronic address: [email protected].) · Tsalkidou E (Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Komotini "Sismanoglio", Komotini, Greece.) · Memet I (Department of Surgery, General Hospital of Komotini "Sismanoglio", Komotini, Greece.) · Gkasil S (Emergency Department, General Hospital of Komotini, Komotini, Greece.) · Kalaitsidou L (Emergency Department, General Hospital of Komotini, Komotini, Greece.) · Trypsianis G (Department of Medical Statistics, Faculty of Medicine, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.) · Argyriou C (Department of Vascular Surgery, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece.) · Tsalikidis C (Second Department of Surgery, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece.)

Source

Paper · Europe PMC, CKD · 2026-09-16
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.transproceed.2026.08.018