Efficacy of an educational programme for secondary school students on opinions on renal transplantation and organ donation: a randomized controlled trial.

Context: Organ shortage for transplantation is a crucial problem; educational interventions may increase donations and decrease opposition.

Objective: To test the efficacy of an educational programme on opinions on organ transplantation and kidney donation.

Design And Participants: Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial: eight intervention and eight control schools were randomly selected from the 33 public schools that agreed to participate.

Teenagers' point of view on living donor kidney transplantation: Cinderella or princess?

Unlabelled: Living kidney donation is an important clinical option, encountering different fortunes in the world.

Aim: To analyse the opinions of a large subset of older teenagers attending high school (7999 students, median age 18) on different aspects of living kidney transplantation.

Methods: Analysis of semistructured questionnaires submitted within an educational campaign on dialysis and transplantation in the high schools of Torino and its county (about 2,000,000 inhabitants).