Research Article
Living-Donor Liver Transplant in Oman: A Quantitative Cross-Sectional Study of Donors’ Experiences and Challenges
Table 2
Donation process domain in correlation with age and gender.
| Question | Response | Total (%) | Age (P value) | Gender (P value) |
| How did you hear about liver donation? | Social media/media | 6 (12%) | 0.334 | 0.690 | Hospital staff | 33 (66%) | Relative | 9 (18%) | Others | 2 (4%) |
| How much you believe is taken from your liver for donation? | 20–30% | 13 (26%) | 0.006 | 0.717 | 60–65% | 28 (56%) | 50–70% | 9 (18%) |
| In your opinion, what prevents people from donating organs? | Family objection | 4 (8%) | 0.036 | 0.813 | Financial burden | 1 (2%) | Religious barriers | 1 (2%) | Lack of knowledge | 23 (46%) | Health complications | 7 (14%) | Fear of operation | 12 (24%) | Others | 2 (4%) |
| In your opinion, does body image after donation affect the donor decision about donation? | Agree | 8 (16%) | 0.018 | 0.032 | Neutral | 11 (22%) | Disagree | 31 (62%) |
| Nature of job and workplace affect the donor decision about donation | Agree | 22 (44%) | 0.133 | 0.453 | Neutral | 5 (10%) | Disagree | 23 (46%) |
| Did you discuss the donation process with family or friends? | Yes | 37 (74%) | 0.328 | 0.731 | No | 13 (26%) |
| Have you felt any pressure to donate? | Yes | 3 (6%) | 0.99 | 0.99 | No | 45 (90%) |
| If yes, from whom? | Recipient | 1 (2%) | 0.401 | 0.453 | Family member | 2 (4%) | Self | 2 (4%) | None | 45 (90%) |
| I would recommend people to donate liver to their relative who needs transplantation | Agree | 47 (94%) | 0.291 | 0.542 | Neutral | 3 (6%) |
| I would support organ donation after death | Agree | 30 (60%) | 0.071 | 0.961 | Neutral | 15 (30%) | Disagree | 5 (10%) |
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