Evaluation of Organ Donation Attitudes in The Context of Health Literacy and Fatalism: A Cross-Sectional Correlational Study.
Duygu Öztaş, Sultan Türkmen Keskin, Yasemin Uğurlu and 1 others
PMID 40418960WHAT IT FOUND
Fatalistic beliefs were linked to more negative attitudes toward organ donation, while higher health literacy was linked to more supportive attitudes.
Health literacy only partly explained the fatalism link, so fatalism may be more strongly linked than health literacy.
Key findings
01Fatalistic tendencies were negatively associated with health literacy and humanitarian/moral organ donation attitudes.
02Fatalistic tendencies were positively associated with negative organ donation attitudes, and health literacy was negatively associated with them.
03Health literacy partially mediated associations between fatalism and organ donation attitudes, but indirect effects were smaller than direct effects.
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What it does not show
The survey measured attitudes at one time, so it cannot show that fatalism or health literacy caused donation attitudes. Participants were recruited through social media from four Turkish cities, so results may not apply to other regions or groups. The sample was mostly women and people with a bachelor's degree, which may limit generalisability. Voluntary online responses may have attracted people more interested in organ donation or health information. Self-reported answers may be biased, and anonymity prevented checking completion time or fully preventing duplicate responses. Health literacy only partly explained the links, so the mediating effect was small compared with direct associations. The methods report 1566 analysed participants, while the tables report 1556.
Declared interests
The authors declared no conflicts of interest. No funding statement is provided in the supplied text.
The easy way to misread this
Do not conclude that improving health literacy will change organ donation attitudes. This was a cross-sectional survey of self-reported public attitudes, and health literacy only partly explained the link.