The perception of families of patients with ESRD regarding socio-cultural barriers to organ donation in Algeria

Résumé

From 2005 to 2011 the kidney transplant in Algeria has steadily increased, reaching
6615 transplant recipients, with an average annual achievement of more than 110 kidney
transplants. The advanced figures of kidney transplants performed in 7 years by this country
can be achieved by a large hospital in Europe in a single year!
We will try through this paper to reach the opposing factors and obstacles that face
organ donation, with a focus on kidney donation for patients with end-stage renal disease /
ESRD. To achieve this, we opted for a survey of the families of dialysis patients, in order to
identify the causes of these obstacles on the one hand, on the other hand, to highlight the role
of the dialysis family in the accompaniment of these patients, including their roles in
promoting organ donation for patients with ESRD.
Among the results of this research: the factors of opposition to organ donation in
Algeria are not exclusively socio-cultural, but there are other factors of opposition that persist,
which are of organizational order.