Risk factors for posttraumatic stress disorder in trauma patients from bullfighting-related events in Spain.

Background: Unintentional Trauma injuries are one of the leading causes of posttraumatic stress disorder development. However, screening for this condition is not typically included in routine medical care. Research on posttraumatic stress disorder after unintentional injuries sustained during entertainment activities involving risk, has been scarce.

The Roma population's fear of donating their own organs for transplantation.

Background: The refusal rate for donating organs among the Roma people is much higher than that of any other social group.

Objective: To analyze the attitude towards the donation of one's own organs among the Roma population living in Spain.

Type Of Study: Spanish national observational sociological study stratified by gender and age.

African Immigrants Living in Spain: Awareness Toward Organ Donation and the Need for Specific Awareness Campaigns.

Objectives: The African population is an important, growing population group in Spain. Our objective was to determine attitudes toward organ donation among the African population living in Spain and to determine factors influencing attitudes.

Materials And Methods: A population sample was taken of Africans residing in Spain, stratified by age and sex (n = 4145).

International Population Study in Spain, Cuba, and the United States of Attitudes Toward Organ Donation Among the Cuban Population.

Cuban immigrants constitute an important group in both the United States and Spain, with different behaviors toward organ donation having been described among the different Latin American nationalities. We analyzed the attitude toward organ donation among the Cuban populations in Cuba, Spain, and Florida. The study population was Cuban immigrants over 15 years of age residing in Cuba, Spain, and Florida, with samples randomly stratified by age and sex.

Usefulness of an organ donation opinion survey as a tool to promote organ donation among the adolescent population.

Opinion surveys on health issues are considered health promotion tools. However, no studies have confirmed this in deceased organ donation for transplantation. This study aimed to analyse the impact of completing an opinion questionnaire about deceased organ donation on the attitude towards organ donation among the adolescent population.

Exploring Health Science Students' Notions on Organ Donation and Transplantation: A Multicenter Study.

Unlabelled: The knowledge acquired during university education about organ donation and transplantation (ODT) decisively influences the information future health professionals transmit. This is important in ODT where the participation of the general public is essential to obtain organs.

Objective: To determine notions of Spanish medicine and nursing students on ODT and its relationship with attitude toward ODT.

Confident Perception of Primary Care Physicians Correlates to the Attitude Toward Donation and Organ Transplantation: A Multicenter Study of Medical And Nursing Spanish Students.

Unlabelled: A primary care physician (PCP) not only accompanies the patient in the process of an illness, but throughout his or her life. The confidence we have in these health professionals is fundamental, and their favorable attitude toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) has a significant influence on the population.

Objective: To analyze trust in PCPs among Spanish medical and nursing students, the relationship with their attitude toward ODT, and the factors that condition it.

Attitudes Toward Organ Donation: Differences Between Medical and Nursing Andalusian Students.

Introduction: A favorable attitude toward organ donation and transplantation (ODT) is fundamental among health professionals at the time of transplant promotion. In this sense, the training and awareness of professionals are fundamental.

Objective: To analyze the differences in the attitude toward ODT and the factors that condition it among Andalusian medical and nursing students.

Organ Donation Related With Attitude Toward the Law of Presumed Consent: Spanish University Medical and Nursing Students Study.

Introduction: Information provided by health care professionals is crucial to create a climate of social opinion. This is important in organ donation and transplantation (ODT), where the participation of the general public is essential to obtain organs.

Objective: To determine the attitude toward the Law of Presumed Consent (LPC) among Spanish university students and to analyze their relation with attitude toward ODT.

Psychological profile and disease-coping strategies of patients on the waiting list for liver transplantation.

Aim: To determine the psychological characteristics of patients on the liver transplant waiting list; to analye the implications of the patient's psychological profile on coping with the disease.

Material And Methods: Study population: patients on the liver transplant waiting list. Psychological-profile: Socio-personal history; Mini Mental State Examination; Brief-Symptom Inventory of psychopathological problems; International Neuropsychiatric Interview; Family APGAR questionnaire; Social Support Questionnaire.

Attitudes of Latin American Immigrants Resident in Florida (United States) Toward Related Living Kidney Donation.

Introduction: Latin American immigrants comprise an important population group in the United States. The purpose of this study was to analyze the attitude toward living kidney donation found among Latin American citizens who are residents in Florida and to identify the psychosocial variables affecting their attitude.

Material And Methods: A sample of Latin American residents in the state of Florida was randomly obtained and stratified by nationality, age, and sex (n = 1524).

The attitude of Latin American immigrants in Florida (USA) towards deceased organ donation - a cross section cohort study.

The Latin American (LA) population resident in the USA is a growing subgroup of the population. To find out the structure of attitude towards organ donation in the LA population resident in Florida (USA). A sample was taken of LA residents in Florida, randomized and stratified by nationality, age and sex (n = 1524).

Acceptance of living liver donation among medical students: A multicenter stratified study from Spain.

Aim: To analyze the attitude of Spanish medical students toward living liver donation (LLD) and to establish which factors have an influence on this attitude.

Study Type: A sociological, interdisciplinary, multicenter and observational study.

Study Population: Medical students enrolled in Spain (n = 34000) in the university academic year 2010-2011.

Acceptance of organ xenotransplantation among Latin American immigrants resident in the United States.

Background: Making xenotransplantation socially acceptable is the first step in working toward the promotion of this potential therapy option for providing transplant organs.

Objective: To analyze the attitude toward xenotransplantation among the Latin American population resident in Florida (the USA), and to determine the variables affecting this attitude.

Methods: A sample of Latin American residents in the state of Florida was randomized and stratified according to nationality, age, and sex (n = 1524).

[Hospital-based multicenter study in Spain, Mexico and Cuba on attitudes to living liver donation].

Introduction: Given the lack of a sufficient number of livers available for transplantation, living liver donation (LLD) is being developed in the Spanish-speaking world. To do this, it is essential that health workers in hospitals are in favor of such donation, given that they are a key component in this treatment and that their attitudes influence public opinion.

Objective: To analyze attitude toward LLD among hospital personnel from healthcare centers in Spain and Latin America.

Knowledge of the brain death concept by personnel in Spanish and Latin-American healthcare centers.

Background: The knowledge and acceptance of the concept of brain death (BD) among health care personnel is fundamental.

Objective: To analyze the level of understanding of the BD concept among personnel in Spanish and Latin American healthcare centers and to determine the factors affecting this attitude.

Material And Methods: Data from 12 hospitals and 32 primary care centers in 4 countries within the International Collaborative Donor Project were selected (Spain, Mexico, Cuba and Costa Rica (n=4378)).

A study of the attitude of Latin-American residents in Spain toward organ xenotransplantation.

Background: It is important to find out what would be the level of acceptance of xenotransplantation in society, especially in populations where there are preclinical trials. The Latin-American population is growing in Spain, given the cultural, religious, and language similarities.

Objectives: (i) to analyze attitude toward xenotransplantation in the population born in Latin America and now residing in Spain; and (ii) to establish the variables that affect this attitude.