Knowledge and Attitude About Organ Donation Among Medical Students: An Observational Study from Aurangabad, Maharashtra

Kadam, Savita; Shinde, Smita; Shroff, Gautam R.; Gulanikar, Suvarna

doi:10.31782/ijcrr.2021.13124

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“…The findings of this study showed that 98.5% of the students heard about organ donation. This finding is in line with another study conducted among medical students, which found roughly the same result, 98.5% ( 19 ). However, our study showed that only 34.1% of the students were with good knowledge about organ donation, which is lower than a study performed on the adult population in Saudi Arabia, which found that only 44.7% of the participants were with good knowledge ( 5 ).…”

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Knowledge and attitude about organ donation and transplantation among Omani university students

Alwahaibi,

Al Wahaibi,

Al Abri

2023

Front. Public Health

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BackgroundDespite the importance of organ donation and transplantation in improving the quality of life, still, there is a shortage of organ donations, worldwide. Lack of knowledge among the public could be the reason. In previous studies, the focus was predominantly on medical students at universities. The aim of this study was to assess university students’ knowledge and attitude about organ donation and transplantation among different colleges at the university.MethodA cross-sectional study was conducted among university students between August 2021 and February 2022 using a validated self-designed questionnaire. The questionnaire consisted of five sections. The first section was about the research information. The second section was informed consent. The third section was about sociodemographic information. The fourth section was about the knowledge of organ donation. The last section was about the attitude toward organ donation. The data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and chi-square tests.ResultsThe study included 2,125 students. 68.1% were females, and 93.1% were in the age group 17–24 years old. Only 34.1% had good knowledge about organ donation, 70.2% had a low attitude, and 7.53% had adequate information about brain death. The most common reason for supporting donating organs among university students was to save a life (76.8%) and the most common reason for refusing organs, was I am still unaware. In addition, only 25.66% of the participants had a high attitude toward people with poor knowledge about organ donation. The majority of the students (84.13%) used online sources and social networks as the primary sources of information about organ donation.ConclusionThe knowledge and attitudes of university students toward organ donation and transplantation were low. Saving a life was the most common reason for supporting organ donation, and knowledge was the biggest obstacle. Online sources and social networks were the primary sources of knowledge. The attitude was greatly influenced by knowledge. Organizing campaigns, and events, and incorporating organ donation and transplantation into university curricula will increase university students’ knowledge and attitudes.

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Knowledge and attitude about organ donation and transplantation among Omani university students

Alwahaibi,

Al Wahaibi,

Al Abri

2023

Front. Public Health

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Barriers towards deceased organ donation among Indians living globally: an integrative systematic review using narrative synthesis

2022

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ObjectivesTo understand the barriers towards deceased organ donation among Indians living globally.DesignIntegrative systematic review using narrative synthesis.Data sourcesCINAHL, Medline full-text, PsycInfo, Scopus, Global Health, Web of Science, and PubMed Central, Indian Journal of Transplantation and Google Scholar.Time period1 January 1994 to 31 December 2021.ParticipantsIndividuals of Indian origin living globally.ResultsEighty-nine studies were included with more than 29 000 participants and quality of the studies were assessed using Joanna Briggs Institute’s critical appraisal tool. Though majority of the participants had knowledge toward organ donation with a positive influence on willingness, the gap between knowledge and willingness was huge, with minimal registration influenced by the complex sociocultural constructs. Various sociocultural constructs such as family, fear and mistrust, religion, and bodily issues play a vital role. Differences were identified in willingness to donate and register between southern and other regions of India. Indian’s organ donation behaviour in other geographical locations differed based on the socioreligious background of the country they lived in such as in Malaysia, Canada and the UK. However, they were collective in decision-making and had complex sociocultural interference irrespective of the country the individual lived which differed only in their next generations.ConclusionThough this study showed the complex relationship, and its influences on organ donation behaviour, lacunae were identified to further understand how such complex interactions determine or inform the behaviour. Also, methodological issues were identified, where this particular population outside India were collectively studied with their neighbouring population which are not homogenous. Studies in India majorly addressed a similar aim using similar methods which produced repetition of studies leading to lack of diversified, wider and in-depth research. Therefore, while this systematic review addressed the barriers toward organ donation among Indians living globally, it also informs various gaps in research and also methodological issues.PROSPERO registration numberCRD42019155274.

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Knowledge and Attitude About Organ Donation Among Medical Students: An Observational Study from Aurangabad, Maharashtra

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Knowledge and attitude about organ donation and transplantation among Omani university students

Knowledge and attitude about organ donation and transplantation among Omani university students

Barriers towards deceased organ donation among Indians living globally: an integrative systematic review using narrative synthesis

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