caa a22 4500 606154639 CHVBK 20210128100559.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10561-014-9491-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10561-014-9491-4 To be or not to be an organ donor: differences in attitudes between freshmen and senior medical students [Elektronische Daten] [Tatjana Gazibara, Nikolina Kovacevic, Selmina Nurkovic, Ilma Kurtagic, Gorica Maric, Darija Kisic-Tepavcevic, Tatjana Pekmezovic] Despite a plethora of studies on overall attitudes related to organ donation in a health care setting, little is known as to whether or not medical students at various levels of undergraduate training have distinctive attitudes towards donation. The purpose of this study was to analyze attitudes of first- and sixth-year students towards organ donation. A total of 988 students in first (573) and the final, sixth, year (415) were recruited at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade (Serbia), in the period 2-9 December, 2013. Data were collected using an anonymous questionnaire. There were 3.0% of first-year and 3.9% of sixth-year students who were registered donors (p=0.019). Sixth-year students felt statistically significantly more positive towards signing an organ donor card [odds ratio (OR) 1.45, 95% confidence interval (CI) 1.13-1.88]. Sixth-year students also considered that organ donation was sufficiently promoted, as well as that organ donation should be practiced unless there is a written notice of objection. In addition, sixth-year students had more confidence in local organ transplant institutions. In a multivariate logistic regression analysis significant predictor of positive attitude for signing organ donor card was being blood donor (OR 1.55, 95% CI 1.03-2.35). Undergraduate training and increase in overall medical knowledge seem to contribute in shaping positive attitudes towards being an organ donor. It would be beneficial that strategies for organ donation promotion target local centers for blood donor recruitment. Nevertheless, further promotion of organ donation is necessary to expand the total donor pool. Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht, 2014 Medical students nationallicence Organ donation nationallicence Attitude nationallicence Gazibara Tatjana Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Kovacevic Nikolina Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Nurkovic Selmina Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Kurtagic Ilma Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Maric Gorica Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Kisic-Tepavcevic Darija Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Pekmezovic Tatjana Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut Cell and Tissue Banking Springer Netherlands 16/3(2015-09-01), 457-465 1389-9333 16:3<457 2015 16 10561 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-014-9491-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-014-9491-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Gazibara Tatjana Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kovacevic Nikolina Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nurkovic Selmina Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kurtagic Ilma Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Maric Gorica Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Kisic-Tepavcevic Darija Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pekmezovic Tatjana Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cell and Tissue Banking Springer Netherlands 16/3(2015-09-01), 457-465 1389-9333 16:3<457 2015 16 10561