Balwani Manish R, Gumber Manoj R, Shah Pankaj R, Kute Vivek B, Patel Himanshu V, Engineer Divyesh P, Gera Dinesh N, Godhani Umesh, Shah Mehin, Trivedi Hargovind L
Department of Nephrology and Clinical Transplantation, Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Center, Dr. HL Trivedi Institute of Transplantation Sciences (IKDRC-ITS) , Ahmedabad, Gujarat , India.
Ren Fail. 2015 May;37(4):582-8. doi: 10.3109/0886022X.2015.1007820. Epub 2015 Feb 6.
To determine the knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding organ donation in western India.
Convenience sampling was used to generate a sample of 250; 200 interviews were successfully completed and used for analysis. Data collection was carried out via face to face interviews based on a pre-tested questionnaire in selected public areas of Ahmedabad, Gujarat state of India. Data entry was made in excel software in codes and analysis was done by SPSS software.
About 86% of participants were aware of the term organ donation but knowledge about its various aspects was low. About 48% aware people heard about organ donation through medical fraternity, whereas only about 21% became aware through mass media. About 59% of aware people believed there is a potential danger of donated organs being misused, abused or misappropriated. About 47% of aware people said they would consider donating organs, while only 16% said they would definitely donate irrespective of circumstances. Around 97.67% participants said they would prefer to donate to nonsmokers. About 74.41% participants were unaware about any legislation regarding organ donation. About 77% participants showed their will to donate to mentally sound persons, and 42.04% participants showed their will to donate even physically challenged people. Around 78 participants felt that they would donate organs to persons irrespective of their religion. About 81% of aware people were of the opinion that consent for organ donation after death should be given by family members. None of the interviewed participants had a donor card.
Better knowledge and awareness will help in promoting organ donation. Effective campaign needs to be driven to educate people with relevant information with the involvement of media, doctors and religious scholars.
确定印度西部关于器官捐赠的知识、态度和行为。
采用便利抽样法抽取250个样本；成功完成200次访谈并用于分析。在印度古吉拉特邦艾哈迈达巴德市选定的公共场所，基于一份预先测试的问卷进行面对面访谈来收集数据。数据以编码形式录入Excel软件，并通过SPSS软件进行分析。
约86%的参与者知晓器官捐赠这一术语，但对其各个方面的了解程度较低。约48%知晓的人是通过医学同仁了解到器官捐赠的，而只有约21%是通过大众媒体知晓的。约59%知晓的人认为捐赠的器官存在被滥用、误用或挪用的潜在风险。约47%知晓的人表示会考虑捐赠器官，而只有16%的人表示无论何种情况都会坚决捐赠。约97.67%的参与者表示更愿意捐赠给不吸烟者。约74.41%的参与者不了解任何关于器官捐赠的立法。约77%的参与者表示愿意捐赠给精神健全的人，42.04%的参与者表示即使是身体有残疾的人也愿意捐赠。约78名参与者认为无论对方宗教信仰如何都会捐赠器官。约81%知晓的人认为死后器官捐赠的同意应由家庭成员给出。所有接受访谈的参与者都没有捐赠卡。
更好的知识和意识将有助于促进器官捐赠。需要开展有效的宣传活动，在媒体、医生和宗教学者的参与下，向人们传授相关信息。
