Comparison of Awareness of Eye Donation among Medical and Paramedical Students

• Main Authors: Jayashree MP (Author), Chaitra Pujar (Author), Vidya Rudrappa Gadag (Author), Mallikarjun Salagar (Author), Monalisha Pattnaik (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Journal of Clinical Research and Ophthalmology - Peertechz Publications, 2017-02-11.
• Subjects: Research Article
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Summary

<p><strong>Purpose:</strong> To compare the awareness of eye donation and willingness to donate eyes among medical and paramedical students.</p><p><strong>Materials and Methods:</strong> This is a cross sectional study undertaken in April 2016, among 200 first and second year medical students and 200 BSc nursing students of S Nijalingappa Medical Collage, Bagalkot. A semi-structured questionnaire was self-administered for collecting the necessary information after  getting informed consent. The questionnaire was on demographic profile, their awareness on eye donation, sources of information and willingness to donate eyes.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Awareness of organ donation noted was 100 % among medical students and 90% among paramedical students. Mass media such as TV, newspaper, poster, magazine were important sources of</p><p>information for both groups.93% of medical students thought the ideal time duration to retrieve eyes is within 6 hours after death and 83% paramedical students gave the correct answer. Paramedical students</p><p>thought communicable disease and blood group are barriers for eye donation. Willingness to donate eyes</p><p>was similar in both the groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The awareness of eye donation is better in medical students compared to paramedical students, but most of the students in both groups were inclined to pledge for eye donation.</p>

DOI

10.17352/2455-1414.000036