Body Donation Myths and Perception: A Cross Sectional Questionnaire Based Study

Dombe, Dattatray; Anitha, T.

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“…Similarly, Dombe DD et al, observed that 90% of the study population did not believe in body donation. 10 We found that social, cultural, and religious constraints were the main causes for apathy towards body donation [Table 3]. These findings are consistent with the observations reported in earlier studies.…”

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“…These findings are consistent with the observations reported in earlier studies. 10,11 Psychological anxiety and disrespectful behavior towards cadavers were also the important causes for hesitation towards body donation [Table 3]. Similar findings were reported by Bolt S et al 12 Conesa et al observed that media such as television, press, radio, magazines, etc have a great influence on the public regarding body donation.…”

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of body donation in central India

Jain¹,

Jain

Shrivastava³

et al. 2023

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Body donation is one of the sources of cadaver supply to medical colleges. The shortage of cadavers in medical institutes is the main problem of learning anatomy across India. The current research aimed to assess the knowledge and attitude of the general public regarding body donation.A cross-sectional study had conducted on 1500 voluntary people visiting or working in SSMC, Rewa (M.P.). A well-structured paper-based questionnaire had prepared for the collection of data. Descriptive data had expressed as frequency counts (percentage). Chi-square test had done to analyze differences in the awareness and willingness for body donation between the male and female groups. The difference between the two groups had considered significant if p < 0.05.35.07% of all the participants were unaware of body donation. Females were more unaware and uninterested in body donation. Among aware participants, 12.53% showed their willingness for body donation. The majority of them were motivated by medical professionals and the media. 87.47% were reluctant to donate their bodies because of various reasons like religious barriers, psychological anxiety, etc. We concluded that the majority of our study participants were unaware of body donation. Lack of awareness and social stigma are the main causes of deficiency of cadavers in medical institutes. To create awareness among the general public regarding body donation is the need of the hour. Maintaining an ample supply of cadavers to the undertraining medical students is of utmost importance for turning them into skillful doctors in the future.

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of body donation in central India

Jain¹,

Jain

Shrivastava³

et al. 2023

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Conceptual differences about willingness of body donation among southern, eastern, central and northern population of India: Single centered approach

Aricatt,

Khan,

Saxena

et al. 2024

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: Cadaveric dissection cannot be compensated by virtue table concepts or computerized learning aids. The present study was aimed to evaluate the conceptual differences and perceptional clarity about willingness of body donation relevant to regional practice among four inter-state population of India. The study objectives focused to assess the understanding level about general and special concepts and attitudes about body donation in Southern, Eastern, Central as well Northern parts of India and to compare differences about the concepts of understanding and willingness about body donation between four inter-state populations.A cross-sectional single center study with a differential rating scale questionnaire was conducted. Four hundred participants equally divided among four medical colleges of Southern, Eastern, Central and Northern India were the samples. All ethical principles for human research were followed. Completing a special course of ethical training and non-willingness to participate in the study were regarded as the criteria of a subject to get excluded from the study.The given questionnaire was completed by various participants from different zones: eastern, western, central and southern. We found significant difference in the educational level of the participants across various zones. Unsurprisingly, most likely due to the literacy rate, participants from the south are much more familiar with ‘body donation’ for research and education compared to participants from other three zones. Provisions to improve the body donation should concentrate on multi-directional tasks.

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A Questionnaire Based Study on Knowledge of Body Donation among Undergraduate Students

Jakka

Pitta

2021

Int J Res Rev

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Aim & Objective: Anatomy set forth the fundamentals of human body in the course of all health care professionals. Cadaveric dissection is the principal way to understand the Human anatomy by the medical students. Donated bodies fulfill the need of cadavers in learning and teaching anatomy. Apart from the use of cadavers students must be aware of particulars regarding body donation. The aim of present study is to assess the knowledge of medical students on body donation. Methods: The research work is questionnaire based study carried out among 263 undergraduate medical students in Siddhartha medical college, Vijayawada. Structured questionnaire was prepared and distributed among the students. The data was collected, compiled and analyzed. Results: All the study members knew the term body donation. Majority of the students are unaware of the time limit to donate the body and the age limit of body donation. 57.03% knew who can donate body. 89.7% knew that the death certificate is mandatory during body donation process. 60.45% had clear idea of reasons for body rejection when donated. 96.57 % had clear idea about the uses of donated body. 59.31% of the students were willing to donate their body and 93.53% were interested in propagating the message of body donation. Conclusion: Our study suggests that the medical students should be aware of act, process and committee of body donation before they involve in the propagation about body donation among public. Keywords: Awareness, anatomy act, body donation, donation forms.

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Body Donation Myths and Perception: A Cross Sectional Questionnaire Based Study

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Knowledge, attitude and practice of body donation in central India

Knowledge, attitude and practice of body donation in central India

Conceptual differences about willingness of body donation among southern, eastern, central and northern population of India: Single centered approach

A Questionnaire Based Study on Knowledge of Body Donation among Undergraduate Students

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