Chief Medical Officer, Department of Retina, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Biostatistician, Department of Biostatistics, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2022 Oct;70(10):3490-3495. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_725_22.
This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, awareness and attitude of eye donation among non-clinical staff of tertiary eye hospitals and to convey a positive attitude toward eye donation by enhancing their awareness and knowledge.
An online cross-sectional study was conducted among the non-clinical staff from all centers of a tertiary eye care hospital across Tamil Nadu. Quiz link was emailed to non-clinical staff of all the centers. On completion of the quiz, the participants viewed their respective scores and the correct answers to all questions. This activity was presumed to subsequently improve their knowledge and clear up the myths on eye donation.
Two hundred twenty-eight non-clinical staff from 11 hospitals participated in the quiz. Mean age was 35.3 ± 9.8 years and 130 were female staff (57.05%). One hundred eighty-one participants (79.39%) scored over 50% of the total 17 queries. One hundred eighty-six (81.58%) and 142 (62.28%) participants scored over 50% in the awareness section and knowledge section, respectively. Eye bank volunteers (73, 32.02%) were the main source of information. Twenty-four (10.53%) had already taken pledge for eye donation and 175 (76.75%) were willing to pledge, 29 (12.72%) were not willing to pledge. Twenty-two out of these 29 (75.86%) had no specific reason for not pledging. Family, religious reasons, lack of clarity and fear were least cited reasons (13.79%).
Non-clinical staff of an eye hospital are easily approachable and are expected to be more knowledgeable by the general public around them. They might act as primary motivators in raising awareness within their family, friends, relatives and neighbors.
本研究旨在评估三级眼科医院非临床工作人员对眼捐献的知识、意识和态度，并通过提高他们的意识和知识，对眼捐献持积极态度。
在泰米尔纳德邦的一家三级眼科护理医院的所有中心，对非临床工作人员进行了在线横断面研究。向所有中心的非临床工作人员发送了测验链接。完成测验后，参与者查看了他们各自的分数和所有问题的正确答案。这项活动旨在提高他们的知识并消除关于眼捐献的误解。
共有来自 11 家医院的 228 名非临床工作人员参加了测验。平均年龄为 35.3±9.8 岁，其中 130 名为女性（57.05%）。181 名参与者（79.39%）在 17 个问题中的总得分超过 50%。186 名（81.58%）和 142 名（62.28%）参与者在意识部分和知识部分的得分均超过 50%。眼库志愿者（73 名，32.02%）是主要的信息来源。24 名（10.53%）已承诺捐献眼睛，175 名（76.75%）愿意承诺，29 名（12.72%）不愿意承诺。这 29 人中的 22 人（75.86%）没有不承诺的具体原因。家人、宗教原因、缺乏明确性和恐惧是最少提到的原因（13.79%）。
医院的非临床工作人员很容易接近，预计他们在周围的公众中会更有知识。他们可能成为在家庭、朋友、亲戚和邻居中提高意识的主要推动者。
