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This study explores the reasons affecting organ donation in the Chinese sociocultural context from the perspectives of coordinators and physicians, and further seeks countermeasures to alleviate the shortage of organs.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Design and setting<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Semistructured interviews conducted in a large tertiary hospital in China.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Participants and method<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>15 respondents (including 8 organ coordinators and 7 ICU physicians) were interviewed. Participants were invited to describe the factors that influence organ donation and the underlying reasons behind it. Bronfenbrenner\u2019s socioecological system model was used as theoretical support to construct a theoretical model of the factors influencing organ donation. Respondents participated in semistructured qualitative interviews that were audio-recorded and transcribed. The relevant data were analysed using thematic analysis.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Four themes that influenced organ donation were identified including the influence of the deceased person\u2019s attributes, immediate family members, surrounding people and the environment, and the social-level factors. In addition, we obtained four strategies from the interviews to improve the organ shortage to ameliorate the current supply\u2013demand imbalance in organ donation. These include multilevel publicity, relevant policy support, increasing other forms of supply and reducing organ demand.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>Factors affecting organ donation after the death of a Chinese citizen include the personal characteristics of the donor, the decisions of family members such as immediate family members and the indirect influence of surrounding people such as collateral family members, in addition to factors related to the humanistic environment, religious beliefs and social opinion.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2023-075433","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,1]],"date-time":"2023-11-01T13:09:24Z","timestamp":1698844164000},"page":"e075433","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Organ donation decision-making in ICU patients: from the perspectives of organ coordinators and physicians in China \u2013 a qualitative study"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"13","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0002-1781-2462","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Xi","family":"Yang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"ChaoQun","family":"Chen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Organ Procurement Organizations, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kun","family":"Geng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Organ Procurement Organizations, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xuedong","family":"Jia","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"FangYing","family":"Si","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"XiaoJing","family":"Lu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wan","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shuzhang","family":"Du","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xiaojian","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wenzhi","family":"Guo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2589-0962","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhao","family":"Yin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China"},{"name":"Institute for Hospital Management of Henan Province, Zhengzhou, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"239","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"2025101814401770000_13.11.e075433.1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"409","DOI":"10.21037\/atm.2018.09.68","article-title":"Solid organ transplantation in the 21(St) century","volume":"6","author":"Black","year":"2018","journal-title":"Ann Transl Med"},{"key":"2025101814401770000_13.11.e075433.2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"592","DOI":"10.1093\/abm\/kay060","article-title":"The effect of reciprocity priming on organ donor registration intentions and behavior","volume":"53","author":"O\u2019Carroll","year":"2019","journal-title":"Ann Behav Med"},{"key":"2025101814401770000_13.11.e075433.3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"577","DOI":"10.1111\/bjhp.12248","article-title":"If you needed an organ transplant would you have one? 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