眼捐献——马来西亚马六甲州不同诊所病人陪护者的意识和意愿。
Eye donation - awareness and willingness among attendants of patients at various clinics in Melaka, Malaysia.
机构信息
Department of Ophthalmology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka, India.
出版信息
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011 Jan-Feb;59(1):41-5. doi: 10.4103/0301-4738.73727.
AIM
Corneal blindness accounts for 3.42% of blindness in Malaysia; the rate of eye donation is low. The aim of the study was to assess the awareness about eye donation and willingness to donate eyes among attendants of patients at various clinics in Melaka, Malaysia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
This observational study was conducted on attendants who accompanied patients (n = 400) visiting various outpatient departments of the General Hospital and two peripheral clinics in Melaka between August and October 2007. The participants answered a questionnaire (Malay and English versions) which included demographic profile, awareness of eye donation, knowledge regarding facts of eye donation, and willingness to donate eyes. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression was performed at 5% level of significance.
RESULTS
Awareness of eye donation was observed in 276 (69%) participants. Multivariate analysis showed that awareness was more among females when compared to males (P = 0.009). Of the 276 participants who were aware of eye donation, only 34.42% were willing to donate eyes. Willingness was more among the Indian race (P = 0.02) and males (P = 0.02). Educational status did not influence the willingness to donate eyes.
CONCLUSIONS
Although majority of participants were aware of eye donation, willingness to donate eyes was poor.
目的
角膜盲占马来西亚失明人数的 3.42%；捐眼率低。本研究旨在评估马来西亚马六甲州各诊所患者陪护人员对捐眼的认知程度和捐眼意愿。
材料与方法
本观察性研究于 2007 年 8 月至 10 月在马六甲州总医院和两家外围诊所的各门诊部门对陪护患者的 400 名陪护人员进行。参与者回答了一份问卷（马来语和英语版本），其中包括人口统计学特征、对捐眼的认知、关于捐眼事实的知识以及捐眼意愿。在 5%的显著水平进行单变量和多变量逻辑回归分析。
结果
276 名（69%）参与者知晓捐眼。多变量分析显示，与男性相比，女性的认知度更高（P=0.009）。在 276 名知晓捐眼的参与者中，只有 34.42%愿意捐眼。印度裔（P=0.02）和男性（P=0.02）更愿意捐眼。教育程度不影响捐眼意愿。
结论
尽管大多数参与者都知道捐眼，但捐眼意愿较差。
Zotero 插件