Family Interview Evaluation for Organ Donation: Communication of Death and Information About Organ Donation

The aim of this study was to identify variables related to organ donation that can contribute to the development of best practices in planning and conducting family interviews by health professionals. This descriptive and prospective study of quantitative approach was conducted at 2 southern Brazil...

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Veröffentlicht in:Transplantation proceedings 2022-06, Vol.54 (5), p.1202-1207
Hauptverfasser: Knihs, Neide da Silva, Schuantes-Paim, Sibele Maria, Bellaguarda, Maria Lígia dos Reis, Treviso, Patrícia, Pessoa, João Luis Erbs, Magalhães, Aline Lima Pestana, Martins, Marisa da Silva, Bittencourt, Ivonei, Ramos, Saulo Fábio, Koerich, Clarice, da Silva, Elza Lima
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this study was to identify variables related to organ donation that can contribute to the development of best practices in planning and conducting family interviews by health professionals. This descriptive and prospective study of quantitative approach was conducted at 2 southern Brazil health institutions referenced in organ donation. Data collection occurred between 2018 and 2019 by health professionals who conduct family interviews using validated instruments that assessed the stages of the interview. Analysis was performed by means of the proportions of the studied variables associated with the donation authorization categories per the χ2 test. The significance level adopted was 0.05. The variables that presented the highest level of significance in the correlation with the prevalence of family authorization for organ donation included the following: communication with the family about the results of each test in the brain death diagnostic protocol; identification of whether the family understood the information about the death; presence of a member of the transplantation commission who had training to communicate information about organ donation; presence of a family member who had power to authorize the donation; and the interval between the communication of death and information about organ donation. The study presents important gaps that can be filled by health teams and hospitals in order to improve the welcoming and respect for families, as well as the organ donation rates. It is important to understand that each family is unique when facing mourning, and to distance the communication of death from the discussion about organ donation is an act of respect and empathy.
ISSN:0041-1345
1873-2623
DOI:10.1016/j.transproceed.2022.02.064