Attitude change and legislation as tools for enhancing eye donation rate for corneal transplantation

2011 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
MS Eniola ◽  
AI Ajobiewe
Keyword(s):  
Attitude Change ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Donation Rate ◽  
Eye Donation

scholarly journals Awareness and perception of budding doctors: A focal scenario on eye donation

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 141-150
Author(s):  
Mausumi Basu ◽  
Palash Das ◽  
Biman Roy ◽  
Jayanta Kumar Baruah
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Proper Training ◽  
Sight Restoration ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Perceived Reasons ◽  
Eye Donation

Background: Diseases affecting the cornea constitute a major cause of blindness. Corneal transplantation offers the potential for sight restoration. Due to non-availability of healthy cornea, many people continue to live in a dark world.Objectives: To assess the awareness and perception of undergraduate medical students towards eye donation.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among undergraduate medical students of Kolkata on August 2010 using a pre-designed, pre-tested, semi-structured, self-administered questionnaire. The data were analyzed using Epi-info software package version 6.04.Results: Almost all (98.9%) participants knew that eyes can be donated and 70.8% were aware at the time of eye collection. However, only 43.7% respondents knew whom to approach for pledging their eyes for donation; 80.7% were either willing (76.0%) or had already pledged (4.7%) to donate their eyes. Television was the major source (78.1%) of information on eye donation. Nobility was the main motivation (87.7%) and 75.5% felt the need for helping the blind. Of these medical students, 19.3% were unaware and did not pledge eye donation due to objection by family members and dislike of the idea of separating their eyes.Conclusion: The present study revealed that medical students were well aware of eye donation with a favorable attitude towards it and most of them were inclined to pledge for eye donation. The perceived reasons for not donating eyes need to be considered while creating awareness about eye donation in the community. Students can be actively involved as volunteers in eye donation campaigns and after proper training in counselling techniques, they can act as counsellors for eye donation activities.

scholarly journals Awareness, Knowledge and Willingness Regarding Eye Donation among Dental Students of Kist Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Lalitpur, Nepal

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 47-53
Author(s):  
Anjila Basnet ◽  
Pragya Singh Basnet ◽  
Ram Sudhan Lamichhane ◽  
Prabhat Shrestha
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Dental Students ◽  
Visual Rehabilitation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Corneal Blindness ◽  
Eye Donation

Background: Corneal disease constitutes a significant cause for visual im­pairment and blindness in the developing world. Visual rehabilitation by corneal transplantation for which increased awareness regarding an eye donation is essential, remains the only treatment option for restoring sight in those who suffer from corneal blindness. Hence, the present study con­ducted to assess the awareness, knowledge and willingness about eye do­nation among dental students of KIST medical college & teaching hospital, Nepal Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out in KIST medical college and teaching hospital in Nepal during the period of 21st to 30th April 2019. A total of 185 dental students were selected as study group by con­venience sampling technique. A Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection and analyzed by using SPSS 16. Descriptive statistics and Chi square/ Fischer exact tests were used for data analysis. Results: Out of total 185 dental students who participated in this study, 176 (95.1%) were aware about eye donation, 133 (71.9%) knew that the cornea is used for eye donation and 70 (37.8%) knew that ideal time for eye donation is within six hours of death. Awareness regarding eye dona­tion in male and female students was found to be statistically significant (p =0.013). Conclusions: The present study revealed that most of the dental students were aware regarding eye donation and most of them were willing to do­nate their eyes. Awareness regarding eye donation will form the prime base for the elimination of avoidable corneal blindness in Nepal.

scholarly journals KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING EYE DONATION AMONG THE ADOLESCENTS : A CO-RELATIONAL STUDY

2014 ◽  
Vol 04 (01) ◽  
pp. 066-071
Author(s):  
Heyke M. Chacko ◽  
Jasmine Mathew ◽  
Jidiya Jose ◽  
Jisha Dominic ◽  
Sachina B. T. ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Sense Organ ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Attitude Scale ◽  
World Health ◽  
The World ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Eye Donation

Abstract: Background: Vision is the most important sense because it allows interacting freely with the environment and enjoying the beauty of life. The eye is the window to the world and it is a sensitive, highly specialized sense organ subject to various disorders, many of which lead to impaired vision. Blindness is a lack or loss of ability to see; lack of perception of visual stimuli. The diseases of the cornea are one of the major causes of blindness in India for which the vision can be restored by eye donation. Eye sight is very important for human life. The World Health Organization (W.H.O) estimates that for every 5 seconds, someone goes blind. Globally 37 million people are blind and of these nearly 10 lakh blind people are willing for corneal transplantation. Well informed adolescents could be expected to influence eye donation rates. Methods: Descriptive survey approach with co-relational design was used for the study. The aim of the study was to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding eye donation among the adolescents and to identify the relationship between them. The Structured knowledge questionnaire and Attitude scale on eye donation were used to collect the data. The data were collected by questionnaire method from 100 adolescents, who were selected using non-probability purposive sampling technique at Yenepoya pre- university college, Mangalore, India. Data collected from the subjects were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The mean percentage of the knowledge scores among adolescents were 57%, the mean percentage of the attitude scores among adolescents were 70.5% and there was a positive correlation between knowledge and attitude among adolescents (r(98) = 0.201). Table value r(98) = 0.236, p< 0.313). Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that the adolescents had good knowledge and positive attitude towards eye donation and there was a positive co-relation between knowledge and attitude among adolescents.

scholarly journals A study on awareness about eye health care and eye donation among secondary level students of North Kolkata, India

2012 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 317-320 ◽  
Author(s):  
J Biswas ◽  
S Bandyopadhyay ◽  
D Das ◽  
K K Mondal ◽  
I Saha ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Secondary Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Health Care Education ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Eye Health ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Eye Donation

Background Corneal blindness is one of the important types of blindness that can be prevented by proper health care education and conventionally cured by corneal transplantation for which awareness regarding eye donation is essential. Objectives The aim of the study is to assess the awareness of eye health care and eye donation among secondary level school students of North Kolkata. Methods It was a cross-sectional study. Settings: Eight Government aided schools of North Kolkata, West Bengal, India. A total of 1525 students of standard VIII, IX and X of Government aided schools of North Kolkata participated in this study. A pre-tested, semi-structured questionnaire was administered on eye health care and eye donation. Results 1284 (84.2%) participants opined that awareness on eye health care can prevent most of the blindness and 1206 (79.1%) students knew that Vitamin A has important role in prevention of childhood blindness. Majority, 1235 (81.0%) students were aware of eye donation after death while only 489 (32.1%) participants knew that the ideal time for eye donation is within 6 hours of death. 802 (52.6%) participants mentioned printed and electronic media (like newspaper and television) as the major source of information on eye donation. ConclusionsMedia publicity to increase awareness of eye donation and eye health care is not enough. Strategies have to be developed to educate the students, so that they can act as motivators for enhancing eye donation and increasing eye health care awareness in the community.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/kumj.v8i3.6219 Kathmandu Univ Med J 2010;8(3):317-20 

scholarly journals STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS REGARDING EYE DONATION AMONG STUDENTS OF CIMS BILASPUR (C.G.)

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-3
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar Manwani
Keyword(s):  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Eye Disease ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Eye Bank ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Correct Knowledge ◽  
Sociodemographic Profile ◽  
Eye Donation

Background-Eye donation is an act of donating ones eye after his/her death. it is an act of charity,purely for the benefit of the society and is totally voluntary. age or systemic illness such as diabetes or hypertension, heart disease \,kidney disease is not barrier for eye donation.. eye disease are a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in the developing world.approximately 18.7 million people are blind in india and 1,90,000 are blind from bilateral corneal disease.For such people corneal transplantation helps in restoring their sight. According to the eye bank association of india the current cornea procurement rate in india is 22,000 per year.Programme and activities conducted across the country to impart the significance of eye donation and its useful to visual impaired people. Objectives- 1.To assess sociodemographic profile of the students.2.To assess the knowledge & awareness regarding eye donation among study subject. Methodology-Study Subject;-Medical student CIMS college Bilaspur. Type Of Study :-Observational Cross sectional study. Study Area :- CIMS medical college Study Duration:-July 2017 to December 2017. Sample Size :- 100medical students in CIMS medical college Bilaspur(C.G) Study Tools :- Pre designed questionnaires Results:- In the present study, there was nearly 46% male and 54% female. 100% of the participants had heard about eye donation.The commonest source of knowledge on eye donation, Dr (32%) followed by TV(25%), Friends (20%). Majority (63%) of participants had correct knowledge that eye should be removed from dead donor within 6 hours.80% of the participants replied eye donation is done by all age group people. Conclusion:- Majority (63%) of participant had correct knowledge regarding eye donation. Majority (79%) of the students have willingness regarding eye donation

scholarly journals Eye donation: awareness and willingness among shopkeepers

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (6) ◽  
pp. 2056 ◽  
Author(s):  
Reshma Patil ◽  
Jayashree Gothankar ◽  
Prerna Bhat ◽  
Jitesh Saluja ◽  
Shrivallabh Sane
Keyword(s):  
Urban Health ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Training Center ◽  
Transfer Of Knowledge ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Field Practice ◽  
Corneal Transplants ◽  
Corneal Blindness ◽  
Eye Donation

Background: Corneal blindness is one of the important causes of blindness in India that can be conventionally cured by corneal transplantation. The number of corneal transplants done is less than the actual requirement in India due to inadequate number of corneas collected. Therefore increasing awareness regarding eye donation and also willingness to pledge for the same is the today’s need. Hence current study was undertaken to assess the awareness regarding eye donation and the willingness to pledge the eye for donation amongst the shopkeepers in urban area of Pune city.Methods: Total 1014 shopkeepers above 15 years of age from field practice area of Urban Health Training Center of a private medical college, Pune were interviewed regarding awareness of eye donation and willingness to pledge eye for eye donation.Results: Out of total 1014 subjects, 752 (74.16%) were aware of eye donation amongst which males were maximum (75.13%) compared to females (24.87%). Awareness was more in the age group >40 years i.e. 47.87%. Willingness to pledge eyes for eye donation was 19.83%.Conclusions: Though the awareness regarding eye donation is high very few of them are ready to donate their eyes. Therefore more transfer of knowledge is needed to motivate people for eye donation which will be helpful in reducing the gap between the availability of corneas and actual requirement. 

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitude about eye donation amongst anganwadi workers in a rural block of Pune district in India: a quasi experimental study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (9) ◽  
pp. 3669
Author(s):  
Amruta Barhate ◽  
Prasad Pore ◽  
Amol Nath
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Corneal Transplants ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Quasi Experimental ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Eye Donation

Background: Corneal diseases constitute a significant cause of visual impairment and blindness in India. Corneal transplantation is a major solution for this. In order to increase the corneal transplants, motivation of rural population is must to increase eye donation rates. Anganwadi workers (AWWs) constitute a major potential source of information in rural areas which needs to be educated to increase the procurement of corneas. The aims and objectives of the study was to compare the knowledge and attitude about eye donation amongst AWWs in rural Pune before and after intervention.Methods: The study was conducted in a randomly selected block of Pune. A pre-designed, pre-tested, anonymous, self-administered questionnaire was filled by the AWWs. A session on eye donation was conducted. The AWWs again filled the same questionnaire.Results: Study comprised of 86 AWWs, seventy-one (%) AWWs were aware about eye donation. Media was the main source of information followed by doctors. About 25.6% workers knew that cornea is the part of eye used for transplant. Eyes can be donated within 6 hours of death was known to 61.6% participants. A significant increase in the knowledge and attitude about eye donation occurred after intervention and most of them were willing to pledge for their eyes.Conclusions: Simple intervention in the form of lectures and short talks can make a significant change in the knowledge and attitude of AWWs. 

scholarly journals A study on knowledge regarding eye donation among first year nursing students of a nursing school and college of Berhampur, Odisha

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (11) ◽  
pp. 4942
Author(s):  
Parsuram Jena ◽  
Dhaneswari Jena ◽  
Monali Kar ◽  
Pravati Jena ◽  
Ranjeeta Nayak
Keyword(s):  
Nursing Students ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
First Year ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Demand And Supply ◽  
Corneal Blindness ◽  
Total Blindness ◽  
Sight Restoration ◽  
Eye Donation

Background: In India bilateral corneal blindness constitute one percent of total blindness, With huge addition of cases of corneal blindness annually. Corneal transplantation offers the potential for sight restoration. The patients for corneal transplantation are growing due to insufficient number of eye donations in India. The gap between demand and supply is due to low awareness. Especially there is a need to study the knowledge of first line health counsellor in health facility where potential donors are available.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on May 2016 with 140 first year Nursing students to assess their perception towards eye donation. Data were expressed as proportions and percentages using SPSS 16.Results: All participants knew about eye donation and 95.7% said these can be done irrespective of age and sex of the deceased. 55% students told HIV is a contraindication, 10% said that request for eye donations can be made by person himself alive or relatives after death. 15% knew that eye can be donated within six hours of death but none were aware regarding storage of donated eyes before transplantation. Only 2.1% of them heard about Hospital Corneal Retrieval Programme. Television (100%) was the main source of information. All of them personally supported eye donation.Conclusions: The present study revealed that nursing students had heard about eye donation but knew less about the details of the procedure. They can contribute to awareness and motivating people for eye donation during their postings in various department in hospital.

scholarly journals Donor profile and trends of eye donation in Central India

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 005-008
Author(s):  
Jat Neha Singh
Keyword(s):  
Research Training ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Corneal Transplantation ◽  
Care Facility ◽  
Central India ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Eye Bank ◽  
Tertiary Care Facility ◽  
Corneal Donation ◽  
Eye Donation

Background: The present study was conducted to study the donor profile and to assess the trends of cornea donation. Methodology: This was conducted as a hospital based cross sectional study at a tertiary care centre in Central India for a period of 5 years. Data was retrieved from 70 patients from eye bank who filled form of eye donation at Eye bank of our institution. Sociodemographic profile of donors, cause of death and time since death was recorded. Source of information regarding corneal donation and reason for not willing to donate the cornea for research purpose was recorded from the filled form. Further cornea enucleated were subjected to serology and their utilization for various purposes were recorded in questionnaire. Results: The present study retrieved data from a total of 70 donor forms with mean age of 65.84 ± 18.4 years. Cornea obtained from younger patients were mainly utilized for corneal transplantation whereas that from elderly age group > 60 years were mainly utilized for research/training purpose and the observed difference was statistically significant (p < 0.01). The corneas retrieved and utilized immediately after death were significantly used for optical or therapeutic purposes (p < 0.05). Conclusion: The present highlights the donor profile and trends of corneal donation at the tertiary care facility of Central India. It was observed that though the younger population and older population both are aware regarding corneal donation but still they are less aware on purpose for which cornea can be utilized. Quality of donor cornea is better when death to enucleation time interval was less.

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