The role of the general practitioner in promoting organ donation
General practitioner and organ donation
Abstract
Introduction: The effectiveness of a health system is based on primary care, the conductor of which is the general practitioner, who is also an integral part of the organ donation promotion chain. At present, as the indications for transplantation are more and more widespread, an immense shortage of organs is declared. This pushes more than ever to multiply creative tactics to reduce the gap between the number of high demand and stingy supply.
The main objective of this work is to particularize the involvement of the general practitioner in this process of encouraging donation, as well as to highlight his attitudes and his motivation during the consultation, and to identify the possible obstacles to the donation. Information and patient education on organ and tissue donation.
Material and method: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional study, based on a questionnaire with 20 closed questions, self-administered, sent by email address, completed anonymously and voluntarily intended for the general practitioner of the region of Casablanca. Questionnaire data were collected, coded, and analyzed using SPSS-PC (Version 21.0).
Results: In total, 200 general practitioners were targeted by our study. 165 responded to the questionnaire, which gives an overall response rate of 82.5%. 35.5% of the participants were women, the duration of exercise varies between 1 and 40 years, 65% of the doctors practiced in the urban environment and approximately 59.5% worked in the liberal sector. 87% of the doctors questioned were in favor of organ donation. only 38% of doctors have already discussed this subject with their patients, of whom more than 64% were following the sole initiative of the patient himself and in none of the cases was awareness-raising through posters in the waiting room.
Conclusion: The general practitioner is a cornerstone of the success of public health programs. Continuous training of this category of doctors ensures better promotion of organ and tissue donation in Morocco.
Keywords: tissue donation, blood donation, donors and non-donors of the without, federating donors, Morocco
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Tissue donation, blood donation, donors and non-donors of the without, federating donors, MoroccoDOI
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