Awareness regarding eye donation among medical students: Plan to educate early
Journal Title: Medpulse International Journal of Ophthalmology - Year 2019, Vol 9, Issue 3
Abstract
Background: According to WHO estimates India has 10 million blind populations. Corneal problems cause a significant proportion of blindness in India. Although effective strategies to prevent corneal blindness are likely to be more cost effective, visual rehabilitation by corneal transplantation remains the major treatment for restoring sight in those who already have corneal blindness. The requirement of donor corneas per year is at least 20 times the current procurement. Medical students can be involved in the motivation of patients and relatives to pledge their eyes and to do grief counselling for donating eyes Objective: To assess the knowledge and attitude of under graduate medical students regarding eye donation and their willingness to pledge eyes for donation. Methodology: A Cross sectional descriptive study was conducted among 400 medical students of a tertiary care hospital in Solapur. The study tool was pre tested semi structured self administered questionnaire. Results: The majority (99.4%) of students knew that eyes can be donated after death but only 41.1% knew that the ideal time of donation was within six hours of death. Most participants (87.2%) were willing to donate eyes. Nobility in the act of eye donation was the main motivational force for eye donation according to 85.5% of students. Mass media such as television, newspapers, magazines and posters were important sources of information on eye donation. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that overall knowledge about eye donation among students was good, however the attitude and practice showed mixed responses.
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Soham S Pal, Zaid Nafe, Veerendra B Atnoor, Supriya V Chitupe
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