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Abstract: Background: To reduce the considerable organ deficit, living donation is being promoted. The subset of foreign population living in Spain could be potential patients for transplantation and/or donation. The objective of this study was to analyze the attitudes toward living donation (LD) of the population from the southeast of Spain who are natives of Scotland. Materials and Methods: Within the “International Collaborative Donor Project,” a random representative sample was obtained of the adult population residing in the southeast of Spain and who were born in Scotland (n = 350). Attitudes were evaluated with the use of a validated questionnaire that was completed anonymously and was self-administered. The Student t test, χ2 test, and Fisher exact test were applied. Results: The completion rate was 93% (n = 324); 90% of the respondents (n = 290) were in favor of related LD, decreasing to 26% (n = 85) if it was unrelated. In the analysis of variables affecting attitude toward LD, differences were found in: 1) attitude toward deceased donation (P < .001); 2) having had previous experience of the donation and transplantation process (P = .049); 3) a respondent's belief that his or her religion was in favor of LD (P < .001); and 4) a partner's attitude toward donation and transplantation (P = .007). Conclusions: The attitude toward related LD among Scottish residents in the southeast of Spain is very favorable, and is very closely related to attitude toward deceased donation, family attitude, and religious attitude. Patients on the waiting list of Scottish origin will be one of the most appropriate groups for promoting LD when living donation is being promoted in Spain. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]

Introduction: It is important to discover whether xenotransplantation would be accepted in society. In populations where there are preclinical projects there is the possibility of xenotransplantation to humans. In the South East of Spain in recent years there has been a significant social change, due to the migratory influx, which is making it necessary to reconsider the level of acceptance of xenotransplantation. The objective of this study was to analyze the attitudes of and to determine relevant variables among the population from southeastern Spain who were born in Scotland., Method: A random sample of the population from the South East of Spain that was born in Scotland. (n = 350) answered a questionnaire with categories validated for our geographical area. The self-administered survey was completed anonymously between November 2005 and March 2006. The statistical analysis employed Student's t-test, the chi(2) test, and Fisher's exact test., Results: The questionnaire completion rate was 93% (n = 325). Assuming the results were comparable with those obtained using human organs, most respondents (67%) favored xenotransplantation with 8% against and 25% undecided. With regard to xenotransplantation, if the results were worse than those achieved using human organs, 26% (n = 83) would be in favor, 55% (n = 178) undecided, and the remaining 19% (n = 62) against these procedures. The attitude was related to belonging to the male gender (P < .001), marital status (P = .008), level of education (P = .041), a partner's favorable attitude toward transplantation (P < .001), and a favorable attitude toward organ donation, either from a deceased (P = .001) or a living (P < .001) donor., Conclusion: The attitudes of Scottish residents in southeastern Spain were similar to those of the native Spanish population and determined by many psychosocial factors, mainly related to previous attitudes toward various types of human organ donation., (Copyright 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)