Obtaining cornea donation consent by telephone
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Transplantation
- Vol. 73 (6), 926-929
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00007890-200203270-00017
Abstract
Cornea donation process comes up against difficulties in obtaining families’ consent. A face-to-face interview is often not possible for logistical reasons. We carried out a prospective study of the effectiveness of telephone contact in obtaining donation consent. Consent was obtained by a single, nonmedical, hospital coordinator. If a face-to-face interview was not possible, a telephone interview was conducted using a standardized procedure. Over a 21-month period, 334 families were contacted, either in a face-to-face interview (142, 42.5%) or by telephone (192, 57.5%). Donation consent was obtained in 66.5% of cases, 106 times by telephone and 116 times in face-to-face interview. The acceptance rate was 55.2% by telephone and 81.6% face to face (P Telephone interview is an effective method for obtaining consent to cornea donation. Although the acceptance rate using this method is lower than by face-to-face interview, using the telephone should not be overlooked as this enabled procurement of nearly half the corneas in our hospital.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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