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Abstract：
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to determine whether fear and prejudice in relation to organ donation and the transplantation of organs may influence the decision to become an organ donor.
METHODS: Data were collected through four group interviews using open-ended questions and qualitative content analysis. Forty participants, 16 males and 24 females from seven countries, participated in the focus group interviews.
RESULTS: The analysis resulted in three main categories, and nine subcategories. Fears and prejudice caused by tradition and customs, approval of organ donation by family members, perception of the body as a gift from parents, the influence of religious leaders, knowledge about the religious understanding of organ donation, influence of social ambience on respondents, knowledge of the donation process in the healthcare system, including knowing about life after eventual organ donation, were some of predictors in the decision to agree to organ donation.
CONCLUSIONS: More education on the factors that influence organ donation, more information in schools, health institutions and through the media, as well as more research with the aim of \"dispelling\" fears and prejudice about organ donation would significantly improve the current situation and result in a larger number of potential organ donors.
METHODS: Data were collected through four group interviews using open-ended questions and qualitative content analysis. Forty participants, 16 males and 24 females from seven countries, participated in the focus group interviews.
RESULTS: The analysis resulted in three main categories, and nine subcategories. Fears and prejudice caused by tradition and customs, approval of organ donation by family members, perception of the body as a gift from parents, the influence of religious leaders, knowledge about the religious understanding of organ donation, influence of social ambience on respondents, knowledge of the donation process in the healthcare system, including knowing about life after eventual organ donation, were some of predictors in the decision to agree to organ donation.
CONCLUSIONS: More education on the factors that influence organ donation, more information in schools, health institutions and through the media, as well as more research with the aim of \"dispelling\" fears and prejudice about organ donation would significantly improve the current situation and result in a larger number of potential organ donors.
摘要：
目的：本研究的目的是确定对器官捐献和器官移植的恐惧和偏见是否会影响成为器官捐献者的决定。
方法：通过四个小组访谈，使用开放式问题和定性内容分析收集数据。40名与会者，来自七个国家的16名男性和24名女性，参加了焦点小组访谈。
结果：分析得出三个主要类别，和九个子类别。传统和习俗造成的恐惧和偏见，批准家庭成员捐赠器官，将身体视为父母的礼物，宗教领袖的影响，关于器官捐赠的宗教理解的知识，社会氛围对受访者的影响，了解医疗保健系统中的捐赠过程，包括知道最终器官捐献后的生活，是决定同意器官捐赠的一些预测因素。
结论：关于影响器官捐献的因素的更多教育，更多信息在学校，卫生机构和媒体，以及更多旨在“消除”对器官捐赠的恐惧和偏见的研究将大大改善目前的状况，并导致更多的潜在器官捐赠者。
方法：通过四个小组访谈，使用开放式问题和定性内容分析收集数据。40名与会者，来自七个国家的16名男性和24名女性，参加了焦点小组访谈。
结果：分析得出三个主要类别，和九个子类别。传统和习俗造成的恐惧和偏见，批准家庭成员捐赠器官，将身体视为父母的礼物，宗教领袖的影响，关于器官捐赠的宗教理解的知识，社会氛围对受访者的影响，了解医疗保健系统中的捐赠过程，包括知道最终器官捐献后的生活，是决定同意器官捐赠的一些预测因素。
结论：关于影响器官捐献的因素的更多教育，更多信息在学校，卫生机构和媒体，以及更多旨在“消除”对器官捐赠的恐惧和偏见的研究将大大改善目前的状况，并导致更多的潜在器官捐赠者。
