1Professor & HoD, SMIMS, Sikkim Manipal University, 5th Mile Tadong, Gangtok, East Sikkim
2Junior Resident, SMIMS, Sikkim Manipal University
3Medical Officer, Ravangla Health & Wellness Centre-PHC, Sikkim
4Intern, SMIMS, Sikkim Manipal University
Organ transplantation is one of the life-saving treatment needed for survival but the disparity in the number of recipients and donors are expansive & unequivocal. This study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude & practice of organ & tissue donation among patient’s attendant in a tertiary care hospital.
A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among patient’s attendant in tertiary care hospital. The interview was carried out vis-à-vis using a 25 structured questionnaire and analysed using SPSS (IBM version 20, Armonk, NY, USA)
100 consenting patient’s attendants were interviewed in the median age of 21-30years (43%) with a male: female sex ratio of 1:1.6. Majority of the interviewees were aware of organ transplantation however 52% did not know about donor registry. It was also observed that 37% didn’t know about cadaveric organ donation & 76% were willing to donate organs after death. Majority (87%) of the participants think that donating one’s organ adds meaning to one’s life yet 66% had not pledged/signed for donating organs. It is also detected that 49% of unwillingness for organ donation is due to unawareness while 21% had their reservation due to organ mutilation. This study also reflected that 59% were of the believe that organ donation will affect their lifestyle.
At the end of the study, it is observed that majority of them had the knowledge on organ donation but were unaware of its process for registering as organ donor.
Organ transplantation, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Interview
