Table 4.
Knowledge of organ donation and early referral
| Item | Overall count (%) | Unit
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Interviewee role
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ED | ICU/CCU | Other | Nurse | Physician | Other | ||
| Familiarity with donation process | |||||||
| Familiar | 1089 (46.4) | 81 (19.9)1 | 953 (52.0) | 55 (51.9) | 913 (48.6)3 | 110 (32.2) | 66 (52.4) |
| Some familiarity | 983 (41.9) | 208 (51.1)1 | 742 (40.5) | 33 (31.1) | 770 (41.0)4 | 167 (48.8) | 46 (36.5) |
| Unfamiliar | 274 (11.7) | 118 (29.0)2 | 138 (7.5) | 18 (17.0) | 195 (10.4)4 | 65 (19.0) | 14 (11.1) |
| Understands need for donors | |||||||
| Unaware | 287 (13.2) | 39 (10.2) | 238 (14.0) | 10 (11.2) | 253 (14.6)3 | 17 (5.2) | 17 (14.9) |
| Aware | 1880 (86.8) | 345 (89.8) | 1465 (86.0) | 79 (88.8) | 1474 (85.4)3 | 309 (94.8) | 97 (85.1) |
| Familiarity with referral criteria | |||||||
| Familiar | 510 (21.9) | 35 (8.6)2 | 434 (23.9) | 41 (39.0) | 436 (23.4)3 | 42 (12.4) | 32 (25.8) |
| Some familiarity | 1226 (52.6) | 185 (45.5)5 | 996 (54.8) | 45 (42.9) | 998 (53.5) | 172 (50.7) | 56 (45.2) |
| Unfamiliar | 593 (25.5) | 187 (45.9)1 | 387 (21.3) | 19 (18.1) | 432 (23.2)4 | 125 (36.9) | 36 (29.0) |
| Understanding of brain death | |||||||
| Can differentiate from coma | 1701 (79.3) | 275 (73.7)1 | 1348 (80.2) | 78 (85.7) | 1357 (78.8)6 | 275 (85.4) | 69 (68.3) |
| Cannot differentiate from coma | 348 (16.2) | 87 (23.3)2 | 256 (15.2) | 5 (5.5) | 296 (17.2)3 | 32 (9.9) | 20 (19.8) |
| Fear of misdiagnosis | 95 (4.4) | 11 (2.9)5 | 76 (4.5) | 8 (8.8) | 68 (4.0)7 | 15 (4.7) | 12 (11.9) |
| Understanding of donor criteria | |||||||
| Only young and healthy can donate | 204 (10.7) | 49 (15.2)1 | 153 (10.1) | 2 (3.4) | 151 (9.7)3 | 49 (18.5) | 4 (5.3) |
| Donor can be 50+ | 260 (13.7) | 81 (25.1)5 | 172 (11.3) | 7 (11.9) | 197 (12.6)4 | 53 (20.0) | 10 (13.3) |
| Donor can have many medical presentations | 81 (4.3) | 9 (2.8) | 71 (4.7) | 1 (1.7) | 68 (4.4) | 8 (3.0) | 5 (6.7) |
| Donor can be 50+ and have many medical presentations | 1357 (71.3) | 184 (57.0)1 | 1124 (73.9) | 49 (83.1) | 1146 (73.4)3 | 155 (58.5) | 56 (74.7) |
| OPO contact information | |||||||
| Knows how to obtain contact info | 1860 (80.0) | 257 (63.9)1 | 1520 (83.6) | 83 (79.8) | 1599 (85.6)6 | 176 (52.7) | 85 (69.1) |
| Does not know how to obtain contact info | 95 (4.1) | 39 (9.7)1 | 54 (3.0) | 2 (1.9) | 40 (2.1)3 | 52 (15.6) | 3 (2.4) |
| Does not need to know/does not contact | 369 (15.9) | 106 (26.4)5 | 244 (13.4) | 19 (18.3) | 228 (12.2) | 106 (31.7) | 35 (28.5) |
| Accessing hospital policy | |||||||
| Knows where and how to access | 1280 (59.8) | 179 (46.1)1 | 1040 (62.8) | 61 (62.2) | 1111 (64.7)3 | 90 (29.2) | 79 (68.7) |
| Knows how but not where | 415 (19.4) | 103 (26.5)1 | 299 (18.1) | 13 (13.3) | 327 (19.0) | 68 (22.1) | 20 (17.4) |
| Does not know how and where | 446 (20.8) | 106 (27.3)5 | 316 (19.1) | 24 (24.5) | 280 (16.3)3 | 150 (48.7) | 16 (13.9) |
| Aware of hospital policy | |||||||
| Aware of policy | 1785 (78.5) | 245 (61.1)1 | 1460 (82.4) | 80 (79.2) | 1504 (82.5)3 | 191 (57.4) | 90 (76.9) |
| Unaware of policy | 488 (21.5) | 156 (38.9)1 | 311 (17.6) | 21 (20.8) | 319 (17.5)3 | 142 (42.6) | 27 (23.1) |
| Understanding of hospital policy | |||||||
| Understands policy | 903 (39.9) | 61 (15.4)1 | 793 (44.9) | 49 (48.5) | 769 (42.4)3 | 81 (24.5) | 53 (44.9) |
| Does not understand policy | 1360 (60.1) | 335 (84.6)1 | 973 (55.1) | 52 (51.5) | 1045 (57.6)3 | 250 (75.5) | 65 (55.1) |
Counts may not sum to 2358 due to missing values.
1
Significant difference between units: ED and ICU/CU/Other.
2
Significant difference between all three units.
3
Significant difference between roles: MD and RN/Other.
4
Significant difference between roles: MD and RN.
5
Significant difference between units: ED and ICU/CCU.
6
Significant difference between all three roles.
7
Significant difference between roles: MD/RN and Other.