Study of social awareness regarding body donations for scientific and educational purposes

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F61988987%3A17110%2F24%3AA2503AK9" target="_blank" >RIV/61988987:17110/24:A2503AK9 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="https://journals.viamedica.pl/folia_morphologica/article/view/100032" target="_blank" >https://journals.viamedica.pl/folia_morphologica/article/view/100032</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5603/fm.100032" target="_blank" >10.5603/fm.100032</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Study of social awareness regarding body donations for scientific and educational purposes

Original language description

Background: The basis of teaching anatomy is the understanding of the body's structures using human cadavers. Body donation should be a fully conscious and voluntary act. There is growing demand for human cadavers in medical universities. To meet this demand, it is necessary to understand the societal awareness regarding body donation. Materials and methods: The study utilised a proprietary single-choice questionnaire while maintaining the anonymity of the respondents. The study included 1004 individuals, comprising 700 women and 304 men. The analysis employed the Mann-Whitney test and Pearson's chi-squared test with calculation of the Results: Among the respondents, 56.37% considered donating their bodies for scientific and educational purposes. Among the concerns associated with donation, fear of lack of proper respect for the remains by students (18.23%), family opposition (16.24%), and religious reasons (9.16%) were highlighted. Non-religious individuals were more inclined to donate their bodies for scientific and educational purposes than religious individuals (p < 0.001). Residents of rural areas and small towns are less likely to consider donating their bodies for scientific and educational purposes than residents of large cities (p = 0.002). As many as 85.76% of respondents believed that human remains are essential for effective anatomy education. Conclusions: Increasing public awareness of cadaver donation may contribute to increasing the effectiveness of anatomy teaching at medical universities.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30106 - Anatomy and morphology (plant science to be 1.6)

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

FOLIA MORPHOLOGICA

ISSN

0015-5659

e-ISSN

1644-3284

Volume of the periodical

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Issue of the periodical within the volume

4

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

902-910

UT code for WoS article

001436687800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85213827238