Misra Puneet, Malhotra Sumit, Sharma Nitika, Misra M C, Vij Arti, Pandav C S
Centre for Community Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Department of Community Medicine, KCGMC, Karnal, Haryana, India.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2021 Aug;10(8):3084-3088. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_2497_20. Epub 2021 Aug 27.
Awareness about brain death influences organ donation behaviour of community. There is huge gap in the demand and availability of organs in India. This study was carried out with the objective of assessing awareness about brain death and attitude towards organ donation in a rural community.
A community based cross-sectional study was carried out among 1050 adults in a rural area of district Faridabad, Haryana. Data were collected through a pre-tested interview schedule and analysed using SPSS v17.
80% of the study participants had heard about organ donation. Among them, about 40% were aware of brain death. Majority of the study participants (71.5%) were willing to donate organ irrespective of circumstances. Totally, 94.6% participants had the perspective that special facility should be there for organ donors and their families. Awareness was significantly more among men and among those educated above primary level.
Knowledge about brain death is crucial in convincing people into organ donation. Hence more efforts should be made to educate and make people aware about brain death and its implications for organ donation.
对脑死亡的认知会影响社区的器官捐赠行为。在印度，器官的需求与供应之间存在巨大差距。本研究旨在评估农村社区对脑死亡的认知以及对器官捐赠的态度。
在哈里亚纳邦法里达巴德区的一个农村地区，对1050名成年人开展了一项基于社区的横断面研究。通过预先测试的访谈提纲收集数据，并使用SPSS v17进行分析。
80%的研究参与者听说过器官捐赠。其中，约40%知晓脑死亡。大多数研究参与者（71.5%）无论在何种情况下都愿意捐赠器官。总体而言，94.6%的参与者认为应为器官捐赠者及其家属提供特殊便利。男性以及小学以上文化程度者的认知明显更高。
关于脑死亡的知识对于说服人们进行器官捐赠至关重要。因此，应做出更多努力来教育人们并使其了解脑死亡及其对器官捐赠的影响。
