The effect of individuals' perceptions of compassionate love on organ donation attitude

This study was conducted to determine whether individuals' perceptions of caring love have an effect on organ donation attitude. The study also aimed to determine whether organ donation attitude and sensitive love levels differ significantly according to the personal and demographic characteristics of the participants. This study was conducted in Amasya province. With the convenience and snowball sampling method, 610 participants were reached with the online survey. This research is an explanatory research according to its aims and a cross-sectional type research regarding the time it covers; organ donation questionnaire, sensitive love scale and demographic information form were used as data collection tools. Pearson correlation and regression analysis, one-way ANOVA test, independent samples t test were used to analyse the data. As a result of the analysis of the research, it was determined that the participants' organ donation attitude levels were above average (3.56 ± 0.370) and their sensitive love attitude levels were above average (5.18 ± 0.942). Statistically significant results were found between the organ donation attitude levels of the participants in the study and whether they had an organ donation card, whether they were planning to donate organs in the near future and whether they knew the necessary conditions for organ donation. Statistically significant results were obtained between the levels of sensitive love and the participants' gender and the status of considering organ donation in the near future. It was found that there was a positive and significant (r = 0.377; p<0.05) relationship between organ donation and sensitive love. According to the results of the research, it is possible to conclude that as individuals' attitudes of caring love increase, their organ donation attitudes or tendencies will also increase. Therefore, the factors affecting individuals' organ donation attitudes and responsive love should be taken into consideration and necessary measures, information and plans should be made.