%0 Journal Article
%T Do Spanish Medical Students Understand the Concept of Brain Death?
%A A. Asunsolo
%A A. Fern芍ndez
%A A. L車pez-L車pez
%A A. L車pez-Navas
%A A. M. Hern芍ndez
%A Antonio R赤os
%A F. J. G車mez
%A F. J. Llorca
%A G. Blanco
%A J. A. Bond赤a
%A J. Iriarte
%A J. R. Hern芍ndez
%A J. Virseda
%A J. Yelamos
%A L. Fuentes
%A L. Mart赤nez Alarc車n
%A M. A. Ayala
%A M. T. de Jes迆s
%A M. del Olivo
%A P. Parrilla
%A P. R. Guti谷rrez
%A P. Ram赤rez
%A P. S芍nchez
%A R. Herruzo
%J Progress in Transplantation
%@ 2164-6708
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1526924817746687
%X To analyze the level of understanding of the brain death concept among medical students in universities in Spain. This cross-sectional sociological, interdisciplinary, and multicenter study was performed on 9598 medical students in Spain. The sample was stratified by geographical area and academic year. A previously validated self-reported measure of brain death knowledge (questionnaire Proyecto Colaborativo Internacional Donante sobre la Donaci車n y Transplante de Organos) was completed anonymously by students. Respondents completed 9275 surveys for a completion rate of 95.7%. Of those, 67% (n = 6190) of the respondents understood the brain death concept. Of the rest, 28% (n = 2652) did not know what it meant, and the remaining 5% (n = 433) believed that it did not mean that the patient was dead. The variables related to a correct understanding of the concept were: (1) being older (P < .001), (2) studying at a public university (P < .001), (3) year of medical school (P < .001), (4) studying at one of the universities in the south of Spain (P = .003), (5) having discussed donation and transplantation with the family (P < .001), (6) having spoken to friends about the matter (P < .001), (7) a partner＊s favorable attitude toward donation and transplantation (P < .001), and (8) religious beliefs (P < .001). Sixty-seven percent of medical students know the concept of brain death, and knowledge improved as they advanced in their degree
%K attitude
%K medical students
%K organ donation
%K brain death
%K psychosocial factors
%K university
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1526924817746687