Bharti M K, Reddy S C, Tajunisah I, Ali N A M
Departments of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Med J Malaysia. 2009 Mar;64(1):41-5.
Four hundred (400) students studying first year Medicine, Dentistry, Laboratory Technology, Pharmacy, Biomedicine and Bioengineering degree courses in the University of Malaya were assessed on their awareness and knowledge on eye donation using an open ended questionnaire. The majority of the students (344, 86%) in this study were aware about eye donation; the awareness was higher in biomedical (77.1%) and medical students (76.7%) compared to the others (55.9%-70.7%). One hundred and eight students (27%) were willing to donate their eyes. Most of the students (376, 94%) did not know about any eye bank in Malaysia. One hundred and sixty (40%) students were aware that whole eye can be removed from the donor and 101 (25.25%) were aware that the cornea can be removed separately. However, only 121 (30.25%) knew that donated eyes were used for corneal grafting. More than half of the students (231, 57.7%) did not know that the donor eye could be stored before transplantation. The results of this study indicate that there is a need to educate the young adults in our society about corneal transplantation so that they can in turn motivate other members of society and their own family members to become eye donors, thus facilitating the availability of donor corneas for corneal transplantation in Malaysia.
使用开放式问卷对马来亚大学400名攻读医学、牙医学、检验技术、药学、生物医学和生物工程专业一年级学位课程的学生进行了关于眼捐赠意识和知识的评估。本研究中的大多数学生（344名，86%）了解眼捐赠；与其他专业的学生（55.9%-70.7%）相比，生物医学专业（77.1%）和医学专业（76.7%）的学生了解程度更高。108名学生（27%）愿意捐赠自己的眼睛。大多数学生（376名，94%）不知道马来西亚的任何眼库。160名（40%）学生知道可以从捐赠者身上摘除整个眼睛，101名（25.25%）学生知道可以单独摘除角膜。然而，只有121名（30.25%）学生知道捐赠的眼睛用于角膜移植。超过一半的学生（231名，57.7%）不知道捐赠的眼睛在移植前可以保存。本研究结果表明，有必要对我们社会中的年轻人进行角膜移植教育，以便他们能够进而激励社会其他成员和他们自己的家庭成员成为眼捐赠者，从而促进马来西亚角膜移植供体角膜的供应。
