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Table 2 Socio-demographics characteristics of the participants (n = 194)

From: Emergency medical staffs’ knowledge and attitude about organ donation after circulatory determined death (DCD) and its related factors

Physicians

Nurses

Variable

n (%)

Variable

n (%)

Age (year)

20–30

15 (30.6)

Age (year)

20–30

47 (32.4)

31–40

21 (42.9)

31–40

67 (46.2)

41–50

13 (26.5)

41–50

31 (21.4)

Sex

Male

30 (61.2)

Sex

Male

62 (42.8)

Female

19 (38.8)

Female

83 (57.2)

Marital status

Single

14 (28.6)

Marital status

Single

46 (32.4)

Married

35 (71.4)

Married

98 (67.6)

Education level

Ph.D.

20 (40.8)

Education level

Bachelor

125 (86.2)

Resident

29 (59.2)

Master

20 (13.8)

Overall work experience (year)

0.5–5

24 (49.0)

Overall work experience (year)

0.5–5

46 (31.7)

6–10

11 (22.4)

6–10

26 (17.9)

11–15

7 (14.3)

11–15

39 (26.9)

16–20

4 (8.2)

16–20

18 (12.4)

≥ 20

3 (6.1)

≥ 20

16 (11.1)

ED work experience (year)

0.5–10

28 (57.1)

ED work experience (year)

0.5–10

79 (54.5)

0.5–11

11 (22.4)

0.5–11

39 (26.9)

0.5–12

10 (18.4)

0.5–12

27 (18.6)

Ethnicity

Persian

4(8.2)

Ethnicity

Persian

3(2.1)

Turkish

45(91.8)

Turkish

140(96.6)

Kurdish

0(0)

 

Kurdish

2(1.4)

Religion (All Muslim (100%))

Muslim (Shia)

49(100.0)

Religion

Muslim (Shia)

144(99.2)

Muslim (Sunni)

0(0.0)

Muslim (Sonni)

1(0.7)

Employment Type

Formal employment

19(38.8)

Employment Type

Formal employment

105(72.4)

contractual employment

2(4.1)

contractual employment

2(1.4)

Contract employment

4(8.2)

Contract employment

13(9.0)

Resident

24(49.0)

Paramedical employment

25(17.2)

Do you agree with the organ transplant?

Yes

46 (93.9)

Do you agree with the organ transplant?

Yes

136(93.8)

No

3 (6.1)

No

9(6.2)

Do you have a donation card?

Yes

17 (34.7)

Do you have a donation card?

Yes

15 (10.3)

No

32 (65.3)

No

130 (89.7)

Do you have a family history of organ donation?

Yes

1 (2.0)

Do you have a family history of organ donation?

Yes

2 (1.4)

No

48 (98.0)

No

143 (98.6)