IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Dr. Shivaji Ramchandra Karad; Mr. Mangesh B. Hanumante

Volume : IX, Issue : V, May - 2020

Correlation analysis of knowledge, attitude and awareness regarding organ donation: A cross sectional observational study.

Dr. Shivaji Ramchandra Karad, Mr. Mangesh B. Hanumante

Abstract :

Introduction. In India, the Transplantation of Human Organs Act (THOA) was enacted in 1994. In addition, organ donation following ainstem death as is infrequent in India. it is crucial to assess the knowledge and attitudes of the general population towards organ donation. this study has been undertaken to assess the knowledge, attitude and awareness regarding organ donation among the study population in the selected places of Urban area. Objectives. To understand the knowledge, awareness attitude and knowledge and to assess the correlation between socio–demographic variable with their knowledge, attitude and awareness towards organ donation among the study population in the Urban area. Methods. A community based cross–sectional descriptive study was conducted from November 2019 to January 2020 among the study population residing near Urban Health Centre in Dahanu, Palghar, Maharashtra. The individual information will have kept private and after verbal consent. Study was initiated after obtaining clearance from the Institutional Ethics Committee. The data collection tool was a multi section questionnaire including socio–demographic variables, knowledge, attitude, and awareness. Data were entered in an MS Excel 2013 sheet and further analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Package Social Sciences) for windows version 22. A p–value < 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results. Out of 500 respondents, 264 (52.8%) were female and 236 (47.2%) were male in the study population. The mean age was 36.84 ± 12.32 years; maximum concentration was in the age–group of 21–40 years in the study subjects. Education is positively correlated with knowledge, attitude and awareness and also statistically significant with knowledge and awareness but not statistically significant in attitude. Conclusion. In this study, there were no relationship between age, gender, education, and marital status with knowledge, attitude, and awareness.