A Study on the Awareness and Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Simran R.; Muhammed Sabith; Liba Sara

doi:10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i01.1540

A Study on the Awareness and Attitudes Towards Organ Donation in a Tertiary Care Hospital

Author(s)	Simran R., Muhammed Sabith, Liba Sara
Country	India
Abstract	Shortage of organs available for organ transplantation is a major problem worldwide. The organ donation rate for cadaver currently in India is 0.08 per million, while Spain tops the list with 35 per million, evidently the need for the transplants is higher than the availability. Majority of organ failure patients die while on the waiting list due to lack of timely availability of organs. Prerequisites for the success of transplantation program include awareness and positive attitudes of individuals in the society. This cross-sectional study was undertaken with the aim to access the awareness on organ donation as well as their attitudes and willingness towards becoming a donor is the future. Analyzing the level of awareness and their attitude towards organ donation can help organizations as well as the government to take corrective action in the form of educational programs to bridge the gap successfully. The data was collected via questionnaires; these 13 questions were divided into 3 sections, demographic section, awareness section and attitudes section. As per the data collected from 114 participants 58.8% participants were males and 41% were females while majority were above the age group of 45 years. Holding an undergraduate degree or being uneducated. While majority of the participants 75.6% are aware of the term organ donation and are also aware of organs that can and cannot be donated. A huge number of participants 92% are unaware of the procedure to register as a donor. The highest reason of refusal to be organ donors was found to be religious belief (43%) and family disapproval (33.3%). These reasons for refusal were observed in other studies as well. Thus, while majority of the participants are highly aware of the term “organ donation”, their attitude and willingness towards becoming an organ donor is found to be negative.
Keywords	Organ Donation, Awareness, Attitudes, Organ Transplantation
Field	Medical / Pharmacy
Published In	Volume 5, Issue 1, January-February 2023
Published On	2023-02-05
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2023.v05i01.1540
Short DOI	https://doi.org/grrbwx

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