Sarveswaran Gokul, Sakthivel Manikanda Nesan, Krishnamoorthy Yuvaraj, Arivarasan Yashodha, Ramakrishnan Jayalakshmy
Department of Preventive and Social Medicine, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry, India.
J Educ Health Promot. 2018 Sep 14;7:117. doi: 10.4103/jehp.jehp_44_18. eCollection 2018.
India is currently having a deceased donation rate of 0.05-0.08 per million population. The National Organ and Tissue Transplant Programme have planned strategies to improve organ donation by creating awareness and capacity building. There is great need to assess the knowledge regarding organ donation among general population.
Among the adult population (≥18 years) residing in urban slum of Puducherry to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding organ donation.
Community-based cross-sectional study was conducted during April to May 2017 among 257 randomly selected participants in selected wards of urban Puducherry. Data regarding knowledge, attitude, and practice were collected through pretested semi-structured questionnaire.
Mean (standard deviation) age of the study participants was 45 (15) years and majority (57%) were female, 41% of them were educated more than secondary. Almost 90% of the study participants have heard about organ donation. However, only 28% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 22.9-33.8) had adequate knowledge regarding organ donation. 58% (95% CI: 51.5-63.5) had positive attitude toward organ donation. Practice regarding registration for organ donation was only 2.3%. Knowledge regarding organ donation was more among joint family (odds ratio [OR] = 1.86, = 0.02) and middle socioeconomic status (OR = 2.40, = 0.01). Positive attitude was more among those who were educated above secondary (OR = 3.47, = 0.001) and less among Muslim/Christian religion (OR = 0.49, = 0.03).
Less than one-third of the study population had adequate knowledge regarding organ donation. Even though more than half of them had positive attitude toward organ donation only six individuals registered for organ donation.
印度目前的尸体捐赠率为每百万人口0.05 - 0.08例。国家器官和组织移植计划已制定战略，通过提高认识和能力建设来改善器官捐赠。非常有必要评估普通人群对器官捐赠的了解程度。
在本地治里城市贫民窟居住的成年人群（≥18岁）中，确定其对器官捐赠的知识、态度和行为。
2017年4月至5月期间，在本地治里城市选定病房中对257名随机选取的参与者进行了基于社区的横断面研究。通过预先测试的半结构化问卷收集有关知识、态度和行为的数据。
研究参与者的平均（标准差）年龄为45（15）岁，大多数（57%）为女性，其中41%接受过中学以上教育。几乎90%的研究参与者听说过器官捐赠。然而，只有28%（95%置信区间[CI]：22.9 - 33.8）对器官捐赠有足够的了解。58%（95% CI：51.5 - 63.5）对器官捐赠持积极态度。器官捐赠登记行为仅为2.3%。在联合家庭中对器官捐赠的了解更多（比值比[OR] = 1.86，P = 0.02），在社会经济地位中等的人群中也是如此（OR = 2.40，P = 0.01）。在接受过中学以上教育的人群中积极态度更为明显（OR = 3.47，P = 0.001），而在穆斯林/基督教宗教人群中积极态度较少（OR = 0.49，P = 0.03）。
不到三分之一的研究人群对器官捐赠有足够的了解。尽管超过一半的人对器官捐赠持积极态度，但只有6个人登记了器官捐赠。
