Comparison of Awareness of Eye Donation among Medical and Paramedical Students
<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 fir...
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100 | 1 | 0 | |a Jayashree MP |e author |
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700 | 1 | 0 | |a Vidya Rudrappa Gadag |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Mallikarjun Salagar |e author |
700 | 1 | 0 | |a Monalisha Pattnaik |e author |
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520 | |a <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> | ||
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