Latin Americans in Spain and their attitude toward living kidney donation

• Published in: Clinical transplantation Vol. 29; no. 12; pp. 1054 - 1062
• Main Authors: Ríos, A., López-Navas, A., Martínez-Alarcón, L., Ramírez, P., Parrilla, P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; attitude; Attitude to Health; family; Female; Follow-Up Studies; general public; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Hispanic Americans - psychology; Humans; kidney; Latin-Americans; living donor; Living Donors - psychology; Male; Middle Aged; Nephrectomy - psychology; organ donation; Prognosis; psychosocial factors; Religion; Spain; Surveys and Questionnaires; Tissue and Organ Harvesting - psychology; Tissue and Organ Procurement - methods; Young Adult; Latin-Americans; kidney; living donor; general public; psychosocial factors; family; organ donation; Spain; attitude
• ISSN: 0902-0063; 1399-0012
• DOI: 10.1111/ctr.12626

Introduction The Latin American (LA) population in Spain is ever increasing in size and is perfectly integrated into the social structure. The objectives were to analyze the attitude of citizens, born in Latin America and living in Spain, toward living kidney donation (LKD) and to determine the psychosocial variables affecting this attitude. Material and Methods A sample of LA residents living in Spain was obtained randomly in 2010 and stratified according to the respondent's nationality (n = 1314). Attitude was evaluated using a validated questionnaire (“Proyecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante sobre Donación de Vivo Renal” Ríos). The survey was self‐administered and completed anonymously. Results The questionnaire completion rate was 86% (n = 1.132). A total of 89% (n = 1003) were in favor of related living donation, and 30% if the donation were unrelated. The variables associated with attitude toward LKD were as follows: sex (p = 0.043); marital status (p = 0.013); previous experience of organ donation (p = 0.009); attitude toward deceased organ donation (p < 0.001); a respondent's belief that he or she could be a possible recipient of a future transplant (p < 0.001); knowledge of a partner's opinion (p = 0.021); family discussion about organ donation (p = 0.001); knowledge of the view of one's religion toward donation (p < 0.001); concern about “mutilation” after donation (p = 0.004); and evaluation of the risk from living donation (p = 0.036). Conclusions The attitude of LA citizens residing in Spain was favorable both toward related LKD and unrelated living donation.