scholarly journals Organ Donation: Awareness, Attitudes and Beliefs among Undergraduate Medical Students

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Attitudes And Beliefs ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and transplantation among undergraduate medical students in North coastal Andhra Pradesh

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1064 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srinivas Rao Ganta ◽  
Kiran Pamarthi ◽  
Lakshmi Prasad K. K.
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Medical Curriculum ◽  
Organ Procurement ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Modern Medicine ◽  
First Year ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Usa

Background: Organ transplantation is one of the greatest scientific advances and remains one of the most challenging and complex field of modern medicine. In the USA and UK, the organ donation rate is 26 and 14 per million, whereas in India, it is only 0.34 per million population. Healthcare professionals act as the critical link in the organ procurement process because they are the first individuals to establish relationship with the potential donors' family.Methods: An institution based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among first year undergraduate medical students during November 2017. Convenient sampling method was used to obtain the sample size. Out of 150 students in first year, 136 students fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were studied.Results: Out of 136 students who participated in the study, 58 (42.6%) were boys and 78 (57.4%) were girls. All the 136 (100%) students had heard about organ donation, but only 24 (17.6%) of them were aware of organ donation associations. Very few students (5, 3.6%) know about any law related to organ donation in India. Mass media like TV, Internet and Newspapers have played a major role in imparting awareness regarding organ donation among students besides relatives and friends. Majority of the students i.e. 104 (76.4%) were ready to donate their organs if need comes and two third of them accepted that they would allow organ donation from a member of their family after Brainstem death.Conclusions: There is a positive attitude of medical students towards organ donation but there is lack of sufficient knowledge on the topic. Improving their knowledge by including organ donation topic in medical curriculum can help to reduce this gap.

scholarly journals Attitude and knowledge of medical students about organ donation – training needs identified from a Canadian survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Robert ◽  
Félix Bégin ◽  
Sasha Ménard-Castonguay ◽  
Anne-Julie Frenette ◽  
Hector Quiroz-Martinez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Medical Training ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Formal Curriculum ◽  
Total Knowledge Score ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Junior Students

Abstract Background Appropriate training of health professionals has been recommended to increase organ donation rates. Some studies have shown insufficient knowledge among medical students. This survey aims to describe their knowledge and attitude toward organ donation (OD). Method We designed, pre-tested and conducted an online survey of all undergraduate medical students from Montreal, Laval and Sherbrooke universities in 2016–2017. Multivariate linear regression identified factors associated with a better knowledge score. Results Twenty-two percent (750/3344) of students completed the survey. Ninety-one percent of students adequately knew that neurological death is irreversible; 76% acknowledged that someone could be neurologically deceased while his heart is still beating; 69% were not aware of circulatory determination of death. For only one knowledge item, senior students had a better answer than junior students. Total knowledge score was associated with exposure to OD during medical studies and comfort in answering patients’ questions about OD (p < 0,001). Regarding attitude, 96% of respondents wished to become organ donors after death and 92% supported OD training during their medical training. Conclusion Despite a favourable attitude, medical students have limited knowledge of OD. Findings suggest the need for a formal curriculum about OD, as students expressed.

scholarly journals Awareness and attitude about organ and body donation among medical students and faculty members

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 1698
Author(s):  
Prasann Rasania ◽  
Kuldip Kumar ◽  
Mansi Mathur ◽  
S. K. Rasania
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Faculty Members ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Time Duration ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Research And Education ◽  
High Level ◽  
Body Donation

Background: Deh daan, body donation is an act of bestowing one’s body after death to medical college for research and education. Importance of this is also written in our ancient literatures. Knowledge, attitude and behavior of healthcare professionals are important factors in fostering an environment that can encourage and promote organ donation among the entire population. Medical students are the future doctors of the country, and faculty members as a guide and knowledge providers, their positive attitude and high level of knowledge can create a positive environment and promote organ donation.Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional type of study was carried out among 360 undergraduate medical students and faculty of Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital in South Delhi using self-administered, predesigned, pretested semi-structured questionnaire. Of these 360 undergraduate medical students and faculties, 60 faculty and equal number of students from each year (60/year) were randomly selected.Results: Out of 360 study subjects 222 (63.7%) were male and 138 (36.3%) were female. Almost all respondents were aware of term body donation (88.1%) and organ donation (95.6%). Majority (82.2%) of respondents had correct knowledge regarding time duration for viability of organ donation though the knowledge regarding age limit in donating organ was poor. Majority (87.8%) respondents were willing to support organ donation, almost equal among male (87.4%) and female (88.4%) but only 13.6% were willing to take pledge for organ donation.Conclusions: Through regular seminars on organ donation and body donation the medical fraternity can be kept updated on developments in the transplantation fields and research. This may help them counsel their patients and address their anxieties regarding organ and body donation in a better way. 

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among undergraduate medical students in a tertiary healthcare centre

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 311
Author(s):  
Gopal Kumar ◽  
Ramesh Verma ◽  
Ginni Agrawal ◽  
Aman Sachdeva
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
College Life ◽  
Tertiary Healthcare ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: In India the rate of organ donation is less than 1 per million population. The need for organ transplantation is more than 5 lakhs per year. There is a wide discrepancy between demand and donation. Health care professionals can play a vital role in creating awareness in the society and encouraging the people to donate organs and thus help in filling the gap between the demand and donation. Aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among medical students.Methods: A 24 item semi structured and self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation from 300 undergraduate medical students in PGIMS, Rohtak. Data was collected, compiled and analyzed using SPSS.Results: The awareness regarding different organ donation was found to be kidney (79%), liver (70.7%), heart (61%), intestine (3.7%), and lung (10.3%). 28% participants were knowing about NOTTO (National organ and tissue transplant organization). 85% participants were willing to donate their organs.Conclusions: There is good knowledge and positive attitude towards organ donation among undergraduate medical students. But their attitude is not being transformed into organ donation. Separate chapters on organ donation and its need in our country should be included in the school curriculum, interactive sessions should be held in medical colleges and opportunities should be given to them during their college life to voluntarily donate their organs, only then we can cultivate their positive attitude and knowledge.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and transplantation among medical students of a medical college in South India

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (9) ◽  
pp. 3449
Author(s):  
Prince Alex ◽  
K. G. Kiran ◽  
Sharon Baisil ◽  
Sanjeev Badiger
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Organ Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Attitude Score ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude

Background: The shortage of organ donors is the key rate-limiting factor for organ transplantation in India. Many strategies have been proposed. One of the strategy is by improving awareness of organ donation and transplantation in the population. This study seeks to assess the knowledge and attitude of the medical students toward organ donation and transplantation. The objective of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and transplantation among medical students.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 510 undergraduate medical students of K.S Hegde Medical Academy. A tool with 30 questions was designed and administered to the students, in order to assess their knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and transplantation. Data collected was analysed using SPSS software.Results: The mean age of the students was (20.21±1.32). When compared to boys, girls reported higher mean scores in knowledge (9.22±1.11); and attitude (7.32±0.81). The first year students had higher scores for their knowledge (9.46±1.28) compared to other years. The third year students showed a higher mean attitude score (1.61±1.07) (p=0.02). Hindus scored significantly higher mean knowledge, and attitude as compared to Christians and Muslims (p=0.03). There was a positive correlation between mean knowledge, and attitude of students regarding organ donation and transplantation.Conclusions: There was adequate knowledge in students but their attitude was poor. The study throws light on their inadequacies of knowledge and attitude of medical students, necessitating the inclusion of the topic in their curriculum.

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