Intervention programme to improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of nursing students towards organ donation and transplantation.

This repository contains the anonymized dataset (e.g., SPSS .sav) used in the article Intervention programme to improve knowledge, attitudes, and behaviour of nursing students towards organ donation and transplantation: A randomised controlled trial (Nurse Education in Practice, 2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.nepr.2023.103596.The study evaluates whether an undergraduate educational programme can improve nursing students’ knowledge, attitudes, willingness, and behaviours related to organ and tissue donation and transplantation (OTDT). The intervention was grounded in the Transtheoretical Model (TTM) and the PRECEDE–PROCEED Model (PPM).Study design, setting, and participants: A randomised controlled trial, masked for evaluation and data analysis, was conducted during the first semester of the 2021/2022 academic year at the Faculty of Nursing, University of Cadiz (Spain).Randomisation and groups: Students were allocated using a computer-generated randomisation list by an assistant not involved in the study; participants were assigned to Experimental Group 1 (EG1) or Control Group (CG). The CG later received the round-table activity after post-test-1, becoming a delayed Experimental Group 2 (EG2).Intervention and data collection timeline: Both groups received a 2-hour theoretical class on OTDT. EG1 additionally attended a 1.5-hour round-table discussion involving key stakeholders (transplant coordinator, kidney transplant recipient, and a relative of a donor after brain death). CG received only the theory class until post-test-1 and then received the round-table session (delayed intervention). Data were collected via a self-administered questionnaire (≈15 minutes): pre-test (October 2021), post-test-1 (December 2021), post-test-2 for EG2, and follow-up (January 2022).Dataset contents Outcome measures were captured with a questionnaire developed from two validated instruments: the Collaborative Project International Donor Questionnaire on OTDT (PCID-DTO-RIOS) and the Questionnaire on Psychosocial Aspects of Donation.The final questionnaire includes:Sociodemographics: age, gender, marital status, province of residence, educational level, socioeconomic level, trust in doctor, prior donation/transplant experience, and religion.Attitude toward OTDT structured by Rosenberg & Hovland’s three-component model:Cognitive component: information received (2 items; 0–4), beliefs/opinions (4 items; 0–16), and knowledge (14 items; 0–14).Affective component: fear/worries (2 items; 0–5).Behavioural component: willingness to donate (6 items; 0–13).Behaviour toward OTDT: 8 items (0–19), such as having a donor card and discussing donation with family.TTM stage of change related to being an organ donor (categorical stage selection).Statistical analysis: Normality and variance assumptions were assessed (Kolmogorov–Smirnov/Shapiro–Wilk; Levene). Intergroup and intragroup comparisons used Mann–Whitney U / t-tests and Wilcoxon / paired t-tests as appropriate, with correlation analyses (Spearman/Pearson). Analyses were performed in SPSS v23, with p Ethical and legal considerations: The study states compliance with the Declaration of Helsinki, protection of anonymity and confidentiality, and that informed consent was required; it also reports no potential risks for participants.