ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Black minority ethnic groups in the UK have relatively low rates of deceased donation and report a higher prevalence of beliefs that are regarded as barriers to donation. However there is little data from migrants' countries of origin. This paper examines community attitudes to deceased kidney donation in Barbados and compares the findings with a survey conducted in a disadvantaged multi-ethnic area of south London. METHODS: Questionnaires were administered at four public health centres in Barbados and at three private general practices. Adjusted odds ratios were calculated to compare attitudinal responses with a prior survey of 328 Caribbean and 808 White respondents in south London. RESULTS: Questionnaires were completed by 327 respondents in Barbados (93% response); 42% men and 58% women, with a mean age of 40.4 years (SD 12.6). The main religious groups were Anglican (29%) and Pentecostal (24%). Educational levels ranged from 18% not completing 5th form to 12% with university education. Attitudes to the notion of organ donation were favourable, with 73% willing to donate their kidneys after their death and only 5% definitely against this. Most preferred an opt-in system of donation. Responses to nine attitudinal questions identified 18% as having no concerns and 9% as having 4 or more concerns. The highest level of concern (43%) was for lack of confidence that medical teams would try as hard to save the life of a person who has agreed to donate organs. There was no significant association between age, gender, education or religion and attitudinal barriers, but greater knowledge of donation had some positive effect on attitudes. Comparison of attitudes to donation in south London and Barbados (adjusting for gender, age, level of education, employment status) indicated that a significantly higher proportion of the south London Caribbean respondents identified attitudinal barriers to donation. CONCLUSIONS: Community attitudes in Barbados are favourable to deceased donation based on a system of informed consent. Comparison with south London data supports the hypothesis that the relatively high prevalence of negative attitudes to deceased donation among disadvantaged ethnic minorities in high income countries may reflect feelings of marginalization and lack of belonging.
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Attitude to Health/ethnology , Black People/psychology , Kidney Transplantation/ethnology , Tissue Donors/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Barbados , Black People/statistics & numerical data , Caribbean Region/ethnology , Death , Female , Humans , Kidney Transplantation/psychology , London , Male , Middle Aged , Minority Groups/statistics & numerical data , Religion , Surveys and Questionnaires , Tissue Donors/statistics & numerical data , White People/psychology , White People/statistics & numerical data , Young AdultABSTRACT
La resistencia a la insulina y el déficit en la secreción pancreática de esta hormona son los factores patogénicos de la hiperglucemia asociada al trasplante renal, proceso frecuente y multifactorial que complica la evolución de estos enfermos. Se le realizó a 83 pacientes a los que se les había efectuado trasplantes renales, durante su seguimiento en consulta externa, una PTGO de 2 h con dosificación de insulina, determinando mediante los índices HOMA S y B por ciento, la presencia de resistencia insulínica (48 por ciento) y la disminución de la secreción hormonal (23,1 por ciento) para conocer la frecuencia de estos trastornos, el papel de la deficiencia en la secreción y/o acción de la insulina y su asociación con factores de riesgo, excluyendo el tratamiento inmunosupresor. Se constató una elevada frecuencia de trastornos en el metabolismo de la glucosa (50 por ciento) y evidente asociación con los factores considerados de riesgo para la hiperglucemia postrasplante. Se halló que la mayor edad del receptor, el mayor tiempo en diálisis, así como un índice de masa corporal elevado, más ganancia de peso al tercer mes del trasplante, la historia familiar de diabetes, la infección por el virus de la hepatitis C y la cifras elevadas de triglicéridos pretrasplante, resultaron estadísticamente significativos en los enfermos con índices insulínicos patológicos(AU)
Insulin resistance and the deficit in the pancreatic secretion of this hormone are the pathogenic factors of hyperglycaemia associated with kidney transplant, a frequent and multifactorial process that complicates the evolution of these patients. A PTGO of 2 h with dosage of insulin was performed among 83 patients who had undergone renal transplants during their follow-up at the outpatient department. Insulin resistance (48 percent) and the decrease of hormonal secretion (23.1 percent) were determined by using the indexes HOMA S and B percent in order to know the frequency of these disorders, the role of the deficiency in the secretion and/or action of insulin and its association with risk factors, excluding the immunosuppressive treatment. A high frequency of disorders in the glucose metabolism (50 percent) and an evident association with factors considered as risk for posttransplant hyperglycaemia were confirmed. It was found that the oldest age, the longest time under dialysis, as well as an elevated body mass index, plus weight gain at the third month of the transplant, the family history of diabetes, the hepatitis C virus infection and the high figures of pretransplant triglycerides, were statistically significant in patients with pathological insulin indexes(AU)
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Humans , Hyperglycemia/complications , Kidney Transplantation/ethnology , Insulin Resistance/physiologyABSTRACT
La resistencia a la insulina y el déficit en la secreción pancreática de esta hormona son los factores patogénicos de la hiperglucemia asociada al trasplante renal, proceso frecuente y multifactorial que complica la evolución de estos enfermos. Se le realizó a 83 pacientes a los que se les había efectuado trasplantes renales, durante su seguimiento en consulta externa, una PTGO de 2 h con dosificación de insulina, determinando mediante los índices HOMA S y B por ciento, la presencia de resistencia insulínica (48 por ciento) y la disminución de la secreción hormonal (23,1 por ciento) para conocer la frecuencia de estos trastornos, el papel de la deficiencia en la secreción y/o acción de la insulina y su asociación con factores de riesgo, excluyendo el tratamiento inmunosupresor. Se constató una elevada frecuencia de trastornos en el metabolismo de la glucosa (50 por ciento) y evidente asociación con los factores considerados de riesgo para la hiperglucemia postrasplante. Se halló que la mayor edad del receptor, el mayor tiempo en diálisis, así como un índice de masa corporal elevado, más ganancia de peso al tercer mes del trasplante, la historia familiar de diabetes, la infección por el virus de la hepatitis C y la cifras elevadas de triglicéridos pretrasplante, resultaron estadísticamente significativos en los enfermos con índices insulínicos patológicos.
Insulin resistance and the deficit in the pancreatic secretion of this hormone are the pathogenic factors of hyperglycaemia associated with kidney transplant, a frequent and multifactorial process that complicates the evolution of these patients. A PTGO of 2 h with dosage of insulin was performed among 83 patients who had undergone renal transplants during their follow-up at the outpatient department. Insulin resistance (48 percent) and the decrease of hormonal secretion (23.1 percent) were determined by using the indexes HOMA S and B percent in order to know the frequency of these disorders, the role of the deficiency in the secretion and/or action of insulin and its association with risk factors, excluding the immunosuppressive treatment. A high frequency of disorders in the glucose metabolism (50 percent) and an evident association with factors considered as risk for posttransplant hyperglycaemia were confirmed. It was found that the oldest age, the longest time under dialysis, as well as an elevated body mass index, plus weight gain at the third month of the transplant, the family history of diabetes, the hepatitis C virus infection and the high figures of pretransplant triglycerides, were statistically significant in patients with pathological insulin indexes.