A Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Italian Medical Students toward Body Donation: Ethical and Scientific Considerations
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Section
Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Study Limits
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Characteristic | Overall |
---|---|
Age | |
≤21 | 189 (40.04%) |
22–23 | 167 (35.38%) |
≥24 | 116 (24.58%) |
Academic year | |
2 | 44 (9.32%) |
3 | 284 (60.17%) |
4 | 39 (8.26%) |
5 | 37 (7.84%) |
6 | 63 (13.35%) |
Behind the study schedule | 5 (1.06%) |
Gender | |
Female | 264 (55.93%) |
Male | 208 (44.07%) |
Religion | |
Catholic | 266 (56.36%) |
None | 185 (39.19%) |
Other | 19 (4.03%) |
Muslim | 1 (0.21%) |
Orthodox | 1 (0.21%) |
Specialization | |
Medical | 317 (67.16%) |
Surgical | 128 (27.12%) |
Diagnostic | 27 (5.72%) |
Do not know | 102 (21.66%) |
Human Body Donation | Univariate Analysis | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | No 31 (7.09%) | Yes 406 (92.91%) | ODDS RATIO (OR) (95% CI) | p-Value |
Religion | 0.0160 | |||
Catholic | 23 (8.65%) | 243 (91.35%) | 1 | |
None | 6 (3.24%) | 179 (96.76%) | 2.75 (1.18:7.31) | |
Other | 3 (14.29%) | 18 (85.71%) | 0.46 (0.14:1.85) | |
Q5: Do you support organ donation? | 0.0004 | |||
No | 3 (75%) | 1 (25%) | 1 | |
Yes | 29 (6.2%) | 439 (93.8%) | 33.12 (5.24:350.2) | |
Q7: Do you regard post-mortem body donation as a morally significant act of altruism? | 0.0012 | |||
No | 9 (18%) | 41 (82%) | 1 | |
Yes | 23 (5.45%) | 399 (94.55%) | 4.49 (1.87:10.16) | |
Q8: Do you regard cadavers as a fundamental source for learning basic and advanced surgical practices? | 0.0006 | |||
No | 11 (22%) | 39 (78%) | 1 | |
Yes | 21 (4.98%) | 401 (95.02%) | 5.03 (2.08:11.51) | |
Q9: Do you associate post-mortem body donation with violation of the body? | <0.0001 | |||
No | 17 (4.04%) | 404 (95.96%) | 1 | |
Yes | 15 (29.41%) | 36 (70.59%) | 0.1 (0.05:0.22) | |
Q10: Do you regard post-mortem body donation as an act contrary to your religious faith? | <0.0001 | |||
No | 24 (5.32%) | 427 (94.68%) | 1 | |
Yes | 8 (38.1%) | 13 (61.9%) | 0.09 (0.03:0.24) | |
Q11: Do you associate post-mortem donation with fear? | 0.0001 | |||
No | 16 (4.19%) | 366 (95.81%) | 1 | |
Yes | 16 (17.78%) | 74 (82.22%) | 0.21 (0.1:0.44) | |
Q13: Do you associate your choice regarding post-mortem body donation as a disadvantage for your family? | 0.0006 | |||
No | 8 (2.88%) | 270 (97.12%) | 1 | |
Yes | 24 (12.37%) | 170 (87.63%) | 0.26 (0.11:0.56) | |
Q14: Do you think that anatomical dissection of corpses in your course would be important? | 0.0003 | |||
No | 8 (32%) | 17 (68%) | 1 | |
Yes | 24 (5.37%) | 423 (94.63%) | 7.24 (2.66:18.4) |
Characteristic | OR (95% CI) | p-Value |
---|---|---|
Religion | 0.0021 | |
Catholic | 1 | |
None | 5.89 (1.61:33.84) | |
Other | 0.26 (0.07:1.24) | |
Q7 | 0.0145 | |
No | 1 | |
Yes | 3.91 (1.33:11) | |
Q8 | 0.0255 | |
No | 1 | |
Yes | 3.82 (1.19:11.48) | |
Q9 | 0.0021 | |
No | 1 | |
Yes | 0.20 (0.08:0.55) | |
Q10 | 0.0046 | |
No | 1 | |
Yes | 0.16 (0.05:0.55) |
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Ciliberti, R.; Gulino, M.; Gazzaniga, V.; Gallo, F.; Vellone, V.G.; De Stefano, F.; Santi, P.; Baldelli, I. A Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Italian Medical Students toward Body Donation: Ethical and Scientific Considerations. J. Clin. Med. 2018, 7, 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7070168
Ciliberti R, Gulino M, Gazzaniga V, Gallo F, Vellone VG, De Stefano F, Santi P, Baldelli I. A Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Italian Medical Students toward Body Donation: Ethical and Scientific Considerations. Journal of Clinical Medicine. 2018; 7(7):168. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7070168
Chicago/Turabian StyleCiliberti, Rosagemma, Matteo Gulino, Valentina Gazzaniga, Fabio Gallo, Valerio Gaetano Vellone, Francesco De Stefano, Pierluigi Santi, and Ilaria Baldelli. 2018. "A Survey on the Knowledge and Attitudes of Italian Medical Students toward Body Donation: Ethical and Scientific Considerations" Journal of Clinical Medicine 7, no. 7: 168. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm7070168