Department of Ophthalmology, Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, India.
Indian J Ophthalmol. 2023 Feb;71(2):486-497. doi: 10.4103/ijo.IJO_1879_22.
To assess the perception of college-going girls toward corneal donation in Northern India.
An online survey with a pre-structured, pre-validated questionnaire was conducted on 1721 college-going girls in Northern India. The knowledge and attitude scores were regressed, and latent class analysis was carried out.
The average of scores for all participants was computed individually for the knowledge questions and the attitude questions, and based on this score, total participants were divided into two groups: Better corneal donation behaviors (BCDB) and poor corneal donation behaviors. The binomial logistic regression model of knowledge domain for predicting BCDB, age of the participant, their awareness about corneal donation, and willingness to discuss eye donation among family members were found significant. Similarly, for the attitude domain, awareness about corneal donation, knowledge about hours within which ideal eye donation needs to be undertaken, and knowledge about eye donation during coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic were found to be significant. Latent class analysis identified one subset of participants having poorer knowledge and attitude scores and that they were more from a rural background, were having more than first order as birth order, were belonging to SC/ST classes, had illiterate or secondary education of father and mother, and were living in rented houses.
The findings of the study significantly contribute to devising a mechanism to improve knowledge and influencing the attitude about eye donation among the youth, especially young women, who can act as counselors and motivators for the masses as well as their own families, in the generations to come.
评估印度北部女大学生对角膜捐献的认知。
在印度北部对 1721 名女大学生进行了一项在线调查，采用预先设计的预验证问卷。对知识和态度得分进行回归分析，并进行潜在类别分析。
为了计算所有参与者的平均得分，对知识问题和态度问题分别进行了个体计算，根据这个得分，将所有参与者分为两组：较好的角膜捐献行为（BCDB）和较差的角膜捐献行为。知识领域预测 BCDB 的二项逻辑回归模型，参与者的年龄、他们对角膜捐献的认识，以及是否愿意在家庭成员中讨论眼捐献，这些因素都具有统计学意义。同样，对于态度领域，角膜捐献的认识、理想眼捐献需要在几个小时内完成的知识，以及在 2019 年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行期间进行眼捐献的知识，这些因素也具有统计学意义。潜在类别分析确定了一组参与者的知识和态度得分较差，他们更多来自农村地区，出生顺序更多为第二胎或第三胎，属于 SC/ST 阶层，父亲和母亲是文盲或接受过中等教育，居住在出租房屋中。
该研究结果为制定机制以提高年轻人（尤其是年轻女性）对眼捐献的知识水平和影响态度提供了重要依据。这些年轻女性可以作为未来几代人的顾问和推动者，为群众及其自身家庭服务。
