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- Title
Cross-sectional survey of Awareness and Attitude towards Organ Donation and Transplantation among students of Punjab.
- Authors
Kaur, Ramneek; Sharma, Ojaswini; Thaman, Richa Ghay
- Abstract
Introduction: Thousand of lives every year are saved by organ donation, but the awareness is still lacking, even among students. This survey was carried out among medical and non medical students to assess their knowledge of the process and their willingness to donate organs. Methodology: The study was conducted on students of Punjab from various religious and educational backgrounds. 200 students from Punjab, aged above 18 years, were enrolled in the study. A self-administered questionnaire was prepared and sent online to the participants. Multivariate statistical analysis was carried out and Chi square test performed to check statistical significance. An online presentation to enhance their knowledge was also prepared and sent to the participants online after the survey. Results: A majority of students 192 (96.2%) had heard about organ donation but were unaware about the major details regarding the same. 86 (43%) of the participants had no idea about where to sign up for donation. Although majority of students (67%) have considered donating organs at some point in their life, only 18% of the students, 20% from medical 16% from non-medical, have actually granted permission to donate their organs. Their willingness to donate was based on many factors including awareness about the process, involvement of a closed ones in receiving/donating organs and family's attitude. Positive feedback regarding the survey and power point presentation sent to educate them was received, as the participants claimed to gain more knowledge and were determined to find out more about the topic.Conclusion: Knowledge regarding organ donation in both the medical and non-medical students is minuscule. Awareness among medical students regarding the details was comparatively higher. Hence the knowledge about Organ donation should be added in the curriculum may be as an elective to deal with lack of awareness and information.
- Subjects
PUNJAB; ORGAN donation; TRANSPLANTATION of organs, tissues, etc.; MEDICAL students; MULTIVARIATE analysis; CHI-squared test
- Publication
National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine, 2019, Vol 10, Issue 4, p59
- ISSN
2230-9969
- Publication type
Article