Knowledge and attitude of people attending a Medical College & Research Foundation towards Organ donation

Organ and tissue transplantation has become an integral part of health care in every nation. Hence it becomes important to know knowledge, attitude & belief of patients who visit the hospitals.

A cross sectional descriptive study was designed & a questionnaire survey was conducted among patients visiting the college.

The overall knowledge among study participants was 27.84%. And there was no statistical difference between the genders & graduation.

The results of the study revealed the urgent need for addressing this knowledge gap by conducting awareness sessions in medical schools and also engage them in discussions during mass campaigns.