Vijayalakshmi Poreddi, Sunitha T S, Gandhi Sailaxmi, Thimmaiah Rohini, Math Suresh Bada
Department of Nursing, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, 560029, Karnataka, India.
Department of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bengaluru, 560029, Karnataka, India.
Natl Med J India. 2016 Sep-Oct;29(5):257-261.
The rate of organ donation in India is low and research on organ donation among the general population is limited. We assessed the knowledge, attitude and willingness to donate organs among the general population.
We carried out a cross-sectional descriptive study among 193 randomly selected relatives of patients (not of those seeking organ donation) attending the outpatient department at a tertiary care centre. We used a structured questionnaire to collect data through face-to-face interviews.
We found that 52.8% of the participants had adequate knowledge and 67% had a positive attitude towards organ donation. While 181 (93.8%) participants were aware of and 147 (76.2%) supported organ donation, only 120 (62.2%) were willing to donate organs after death. Further, there were significant associations between age, gender, education, economic status and background of the participants with their intention to donate organs.
Our study advocates for public education programmes to increase awareness among the general population about the legislation related to organ donation.
印度的器官捐献率较低，且针对普通人群器官捐献的研究有限。我们评估了普通人群对器官捐献的知识、态度和意愿。
我们在一家三级医疗中心的门诊部对193名随机选取的患者亲属（而非寻求器官捐献者的亲属）进行了横断面描述性研究。我们使用结构化问卷通过面对面访谈收集数据。
我们发现52.8%的参与者有足够的知识，67%对器官捐献持积极态度。虽然181名（93.8%）参与者知晓并147名（76.2%）支持器官捐献，但只有120名（62.2%）愿意在死后捐献器官。此外，参与者的年龄、性别、教育程度、经济状况和背景与其捐献器官的意愿之间存在显著关联。
我们的研究提倡开展公众教育项目，以提高普通人群对器官捐献相关立法的认识。
