Determining the Relationship Between Death Anxiety and Decision on Organ Donation

dc.contributor.authorKoze, Burcak Sahin
dc.contributor.authorAlcan, Aliye Okgun
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-21T07:42:49Z
dc.date.available2025-03-21T07:42:49Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.departmentİzmir Bakırçay Üniversitesi
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Individuals' thoughts and concerns about death can affect the decision-making process for organ donation. Objective: This descriptive study aims to determine the relationship between death anxiety and decision-making for organ donation. Material and Methods: The population of the study consisted of individuals aged 18 and over from Turkish society. The study sample consisted of 232 participants aged 18 and over who could actively use the Internet and voluntarily agreed to participate. The study data were collected using the Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety Scale and the Organ Donation Decision-Making Questionnaire via the Internet between February and April 2021. Results: In this study, 84.5% of the participants were women; the average age was 30.14 +/- 10.0. Participants' Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety Scale total score average was 43.95 +/- 16.93. The Organ Donation Decision Making Questionnaire advantage score average was 24.57 +/- 5.13, disadvantage mean score was 16.31 +/- 5.77, and decision mean score was 1.76 +/- 0.92. It was observed that there was a positive and weak correlation (r = .20, p = .002) between the Thorson-Powell Death Anxiety Scale total scores of the participants and the decision score averages of the Organ Donation Decision Questionnaire. Conclusions: It was observed that the organ donation decisions of the participants with death anxiety were positive. It is recommended to carry out more studies and organize training programs to determine the factors that will affect the organ donation decision of individuals. Conducting qualitative studies examining beliefs about death and cultural factors in deciding on organ donation is recommended.
dc.identifier.endpage204
dc.identifier.issn0326-3428
dc.identifier.issn2346-8548
dc.identifier.issue4
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85212687915
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ4
dc.identifier.startpage197
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14034/2824
dc.identifier.volume44
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001380354800004
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ4
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAsoc Regional Dialisis Trasplantes Renales
dc.relation.ispartofRevista De Nefrologia Dialisis Y Trasplante
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WOS_20250319
dc.subjectOrgan donation
dc.subjectDeath anxiety
dc.subjectDecision making
dc.titleDetermining the Relationship Between Death Anxiety and Decision on Organ Donation
dc.typeArticle

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