Assessment of Awareness and willingness of Eye Donation among Medical Students in Central India
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2017, Vol 16, Issue 1
Abstract
The Cornea is the clear tissue covering the front of the eye. It is a focusing element of the eye. The vision is dramatically reduced or lost if the cornea becomes cloudy. This loss of the vision is referred to as corneal blindness. As medical students are the future health care providers for the community. Our aim was to assess scientific knowledge of medical students whom can be expected to influence eye-donation rates In our study 1 st year and 2nd year medical students of ,Chhattisgarh Institute of Medical Sciences Bilaspur (CIMS Bilaspur (CG)) were taken for this study. 1st and 2nd year medical students were chosen to eliminate bias of knowledge, as senior students may have better knowledge. A total of 270 students participated in the study. The questionnaire content question regarding their knowledge of proper time, place, for cornea donation parts of eye required for transplantation .Willingness to donate their eyes and reasons for not donating. Results of our study showed that only 65% of the students knew that cornea is the part of the eye required for transplantation, while 22% of students had the wrong idea that the whole eyeball is used for transplantation, whereas retina by 3%, 6% of students replied that whole eye was required and 4% of students did not knew which part was used in transplantation. Hence it can be concluded that level of knowledge of medical students are important determine in promoting eye donation as they are the future potential doctors.
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Dr. Shakuntala Jitpure
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