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World J Transplant. Jun 18, 2026; 16(2): 117585
Published online Jun 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.117585
Published online Jun 18, 2026. doi: 10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.117585
Table 3 Demographic breakdown of attitude towards deceased donor kidney transplantation, n (%)
| Total | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | P value | χ2 | ||
| Overall | 370 | 161 (44) | 165 (45) | 44 (12) | |||
| Profession | Doctors | 58 | 49 (84) | 6 (10) | 3 (5) | < 0.05 | 55.74 |
| Nurses | 271 | 90 (33) | 141 (52) | 40 (15) | |||
| AHP | 41 | 22 (54) | 18 (43) | 1 (2) | |||
| Gender | Male | 87 | 48 | 27 | 12 | < 0.05 | 8.59 |
| Female | 283 | 113 | 138 | 32 | |||
| Race | Malay | 276 | 95 (34) | 138 (50) | 43 (16) | < 0.05 | 52.82 |
| Chinese | 41 | 28 (68) | 13 (32) | 0 (0) | |||
| Indigenous | 19 | 10 (53) | 9 (47) | 0 (0) | |||
| Foreign | 34 | 28 (82) | 5 (15) | 1 (3) | |||
| Religion | Islam | 297 | 107 (36) | 148 (50) | 42 (14) | < 0.05 | 23.69 |
| Christianity | 36 | 28 (78) | 7 (19) | 1 (3) | |||
| Buddhism | 18 | 12 (67) | 6 (33) | 0 (0) | |||
| Others | 19 | 14 (74) | 4 (21) | 1 (5) | |||
| Education | Tertiary | 326 | 149 (43) | 149 (46) | 28 (9) | < 0.05 | 28.93 |
| Secondary | 44 | 12 (27) | 16 (36) | 16 (36) | |||
| Knowledge | High | 224 | 120 (54) | 82 (37) | 22 (10) | < 0.05 | 23.36 |
| Low | 146 | 41 (28) | 83 (57) | 22 (15) | |||
| Fatwa | Aware | 125 | 66 (53) | 50 (40) | 9 (7) | < 0.05 | 8.13 |
| Unaware/unsure | 245 | 95 (39) | 115 (47) | 35 (14) | |||
- Citation: Othman NIE, Lim CY, Razak L, Yusuf M, Ahmed D, Idris F, Joshi N, Khalil MAM, Duong MC, Tan J. Informing national policy: Healthcare workers’ readiness for a deceased donor kidney transplant program in Brunei Darussalam. World J Transplant 2026; 16(2): 117585
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/2220-3230/full/v16/i2/117585.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.5500/wjt.v16.i2.117585