Perceptions and Attitudes toward Brain Donation among the Chinese People

Autor/inn/en	Zhang, Qi; Deng, Jing; Li, Ya-Nan; Gou, Yue; Yan, Xiao-Xin; Li, Fang; Pan, Ai-Hua
Titel	Perceptions and Attitudes toward Brain Donation among the Chinese People
Quelle	In: Anatomical Sciences Education, 13 (2020) 1, S.80-90 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhang, Qi)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1935-9772
DOI	10.1002/ase.1886
Schlagwörter	Asians; Brain; Donors; Anatomy; Consortia; Public Opinion; Medical Research; Beliefs; Human Body; Death; Older Adults; Age Groups; Medical Schools; Communications; Confucianism; Foreign Countries; Knowledge Level; Income; Gender Differences; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; Gehirn; Anatomie; Vereinigung; Öffentliche Meinung; Belief; Glaube; Menschlicher Körper; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Älterer Erwachsener; Age grop; Altersgruppe; Medizinische Ausbildung; Nachrichtenwesen; Konfuzianismus; Ausland; Wissensbasis; Einkommen; Geschlechterkonflikt
Abstract	Postmortem human brain donation is crucial to both anatomy education and research. The China Human Brain Banking Consortium was established recently to foster brain donation in China. The purpose of this study was to gain information about the public perception of and attitudes toward brain donation and to identify factors that may impact the willingness to participate in brain donation among the Chinese people. A specifically designed questionnaire was delivered to community residents in Changsha (the capital city of Hunan province) with a total of 1,249 completed forms returned and statistically analyzed. The majority of the participants considered that brain donation would help medical research and education, and 32.0% of respondents agreed that the brain donation would help change the traditional Chinese funeral belief in keeping the body intact after death. However, participants aged over 60 years old were less supportive of this concept. Among all participants, 63.7% stated that they were not knowledgeable about brain donation, while 26.4% explicitly expressed a willingness to participate in brain donation. Age, gender, monthly household income, and knowledge about brain donation significantly affected the willingness. Compared with other age groups, a higher proportion of participants aged over 60 years old preferred to be informed by a medical college. To promote brain donation in China, especially among the elderly, better communication of its medical benefits and a reinterpretation of the Confucius view of the human body should be provided. Efforts are also needed to provide appropriate forums and sources of brain donation information to targeted communities and society in general. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01