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Exploring the psychological effects of deceased organ donation on the families of the organ donors

2008· article· en· W1666417488 on OpenAlex
Shaila J. Merchant, Eric M. Yoshida, Tim K. Lee, Penny Richardson, Kari M Karlsbjerg, Elsie Cheung

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Bibliographic record

VenueClinical Transplantation · 2008
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldMedicine
TopicOrgan Donation and Transplantation
Canadian institutionsBC Cancer AgencyVancouver Hospital and Health Sciences CentreVancouver Native Health SocietyUniversity of British Columbia
FundersUniversity of British ColumbiaFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
KeywordsMedicineDonationOrgan donationFeelingGriefDepression (economics)TransplantationClinical psychologyFamily medicinePsychiatrySurgerySocial psychologyPsychology

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Our specific aim was to investigate whether the donation process hindered or ameliorated the bereavement process for organ donor families, specifically with regard to depression, post-traumatic stress and grief. METHODS: Using the British Columbia Transplant Society (BCTS) database, we mailed packages to donor families who consented to and successfully proceeded to donate. Each package contained three standardized, validated questionnaires that included scales of depression, post-traumatic stress, and bereavement. We also included a newly designed questionnaire specific to the BCTS Donation Experience. Seventy-three completed packages were received and analyzed using multiple regression models. Our overall response rate was 46%. RESULTS: The younger the deceased and the shorter the time elapsed since donation, the greater the strength of bereaved feelings reported by the donor families. If donor families felt there were negative aspects about the donation process, the more likely they were bothered by symptoms of post-traumatic stress. The more comforted donor families felt about donation, the less likely they were bothered by feelings of depression. CONCLUSIONS: Our data suggest that donation has a beneficial effect on the bereavement process.

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DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: Observational
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.094
Threshold uncertainty score0.242

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Opus teacher head0.181
GPT teacher head0.355
Teacher spread0.174 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it