To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers
Context: Current corneal procurement rates are inadequate to meet transplantation needs in India. Thus proper health care education and awareness regarding eye donation is essential. Aims: To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers. Settings and Design: Cross-sectio...
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| description | Context: Current corneal procurement rates are inadequate to meet transplantation needs in India. Thus proper health care education and awareness regarding eye donation is essential. Aims: To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers. Settings and Design: Cross-sectional study design. Materials and Methods: Sixty paramedical workers were asked to answer a pretested semi-structured questionnaire in their own language. Questions were asked pertaining to demographic profile and assessment of awareness about eye donation. Statistical Analysis Used: SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 15.0. Results: The majority (45/60) of the paramedical staff were aware that eyes can be donated after death and 48/60 respondents knew that the ideal time for eye donation was within 6 hours of death. Perceived reasons for not pledging eyes by the paramedical staff included the unacceptable idea of separating the eye from the body causing disfigurement of face (16/60), lack of awareness about the concept of an eye bank where eyes can be preserved (18/60) and religious restrictions (9/60). Conclusion: The paramedical staffs of any hospital are the backbone of the health care system and can play a major role in motivating patients and their next of kin towards eye donation. Our study concluded that even though 83.33% (50/60) of paramedics had some knowledge of eye donation, 15% (9/60) believed it to be against their religious beliefs and 26.66 %( 16/60) respondents believed that it caused disfigurement of face. These beliefs are a major hurdle towards patient motivation for eye donation.Key words: Heidelberg retinal tomography, Optical coherence tomography, optic disc area, optic disc cup area, optic disc rim area, optic cup-disc ratio |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3f93867c099741fe9c516a7da623fcc12022-12-21T18:39:43ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research2320-38972015-01-0132959710.4103/2320-3897.156599To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workersRenu MagdumSpriha ArunIqra MushtaqNeha SharmaContext: Current corneal procurement rates are inadequate to meet transplantation needs in India. Thus proper health care education and awareness regarding eye donation is essential. Aims: To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers. Settings and Design: Cross-sectional study design. Materials and Methods: Sixty paramedical workers were asked to answer a pretested semi-structured questionnaire in their own language. Questions were asked pertaining to demographic profile and assessment of awareness about eye donation. Statistical Analysis Used: SPSS (Statistical Package for Social Sciences) version 15.0. Results: The majority (45/60) of the paramedical staff were aware that eyes can be donated after death and 48/60 respondents knew that the ideal time for eye donation was within 6 hours of death. Perceived reasons for not pledging eyes by the paramedical staff included the unacceptable idea of separating the eye from the body causing disfigurement of face (16/60), lack of awareness about the concept of an eye bank where eyes can be preserved (18/60) and religious restrictions (9/60). Conclusion: The paramedical staffs of any hospital are the backbone of the health care system and can play a major role in motivating patients and their next of kin towards eye donation. Our study concluded that even though 83.33% (50/60) of paramedics had some knowledge of eye donation, 15% (9/60) believed it to be against their religious beliefs and 26.66 %( 16/60) respondents believed that it caused disfigurement of face. These beliefs are a major hurdle towards patient motivation for eye donation.Key words: Heidelberg retinal tomography, Optical coherence tomography, optic disc area, optic disc cup area, optic disc rim area, optic cup-disc ratiohttp://www.jcor.in/article.asp?issn=2320-3897;year=2015;volume=3;issue=2;spage=95;epage=97;aulast=MagdumAwarenesseye donationparamedical staff |
| spellingShingle | Renu Magdum Spriha Arun Iqra Mushtaq Neha Sharma To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology and Research Awareness eye donation paramedical staff |
| title | To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers |
| title_full | To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers |
| title_fullStr | To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers |
| title_full_unstemmed | To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers |
| title_short | To study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers |
| title_sort | to study awareness and willingness of eye donation among paramedical workers |
| topic | Awareness eye donation paramedical staff |
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