Authors
ZIBA BORZABADI FARAHANI*, MARYAM ESMAEILI**, MAHVASH SALSALI ***, NAHID DEHGHAN NAYERI ****
Departments
*PHD Candidate in Nursing Education, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
and Instructor, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Nursing School, Faculty Member -
**Assistant Professor, School of
Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran -
***Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery,
Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran -
****Professor, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of
Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Abstract
Aim: This study sought to explore factors affecting Iranian family donors’ motivation for kidney donation.
Background: Family donor kidney transplant is among the most ideal treatment options for chronic renal failure due to the
greater compatibility of donor and recipient’s human leukocyte antigen. Consequently, identifying factors affecting family donors’
motivation for kidney donation is essential for members of transplant teams, particularly nurses, and can help them adopt strategies
for encouraging family members to donate.
Methods: This was a descriptive qualitative study to which fourteen family donors (six females and eight males) were recruited
purposively from transplantation centers of all teaching hospitals affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
The study data were collected through in-depth semi-structured interviews and were analyzed by using the conventional content
analysis approach.
Findings: Factors affecting Iranian family donors’ motivation for kidney donation fell into three main categories including
feelings of love and responsibility, spiritual motives, and greater success rate of family donor transplant. The first category consisted
of the two sub-categories of close and constant companionship and inability to tolerate recipient’s discomfort.
Conclusion: The findings of the present study indicate that both personal factors (such as feeling of responsibility and spiritual
motives) and organizational factors (such as informing family members about the importance and the benefits of family donation) are
among the main motives for kidney donation by family members. Employing strategies for promoting these factors could facilitate the
process of kidney donation by family members.
Keywords
Kidney transplant, Family donor, Motivation, Content analysis, Qualitative research, Nursing.
