Attitudes, knowledge levels and behaviors of Islamic religious officials about organ donation in Turkey: National survey study

Table 2 Organ donation information of 2350 Islamic religious officials

	n	%
Have you donated your organs?
Yes	6	0.3
No	2344	99.7
Are you willing to donate your organs in future?
Yes	111	4.7
No	1767	75.4
Undecided	235	10.0
No idea/no sure	231	9.8
Do you know how to donate your organs?
Yes	629	33.5
No	963	41
Partially	758	32.3
What are your reasons to refuse organ donation?
Familial and social causes	184	7.8
Body integrity can deteriorated after death	182	7.7
Health problems	30	1.3
Religious beliefs	516	22.0
Distrust against health institutions	94	4.0
My organs might get into the hands of the mafia	68	2.9
News in media (social, internet, verbal, written)	50	2.1
I have many fears	41	1.7
I have never considered organ donation	199	8.5
No enough knowledge about organ donation	214	9.1
No specific reason	1064	45.4
Do you have adequate informations about organ donation?
Yes	788	33.5
No	1562	66.5
What are your main sources of informations on organ donation?
Television programs	248	31.5
Daily newspaper	115	14.6
Internet platform	169	21.5
Radio broadcasts	15	1.9
Books/magazines	50	6.4
Healthcare professionals	159	20.2
Social media (Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Twitter etc.)	69	8.8
Family/relatives/friends	73	9,3
During education	96	12.2
In-service training/courses	263	33.5
Conference, seminar, meeting	41	5.2
Would you like to get information about organ donation?
Yes	857	36.5
No	909	38.7
No need/enough idea	421	17.9
No idea/no sure	163	6.9
Which is the most ideal type of organ transplantation?
Living donor	854	36.3
Deceased donor	976	41.5
No idea/no sure	520	22.1