Study of undergraduate students’ perceptions towards organ donation

In India, the concept and awareness of organ donation is still new for many. There is enormous shortage of organs in India and that is due to lack of awareness among general population. Keeping this in mind, we have conducted present study to assess perceptions of undergraduate students’ towards organ donation.

A cross-sectional study was conducted among randomly selected 112 students aged 18 years and above, in Sumandeep Vidyapeeth campus, Vadodara, Gujarat, who were willing to participate in survey, after obtaining their informed written consent. The students were subjected to a pretested and validated questionnaire (Likert type scale) for organ donation. Responses given by the students were assessed and analyzed via SPSS. Frequency and median score of each question was calculated.

Out of 112 participants, only 100 were considered for analysis and remaining 12 were rejected because they had not responded completely or had given multiple responses. Total 61% of the candidates were aware of the concept of organ donation. There was no statistically significant difference between perceptions of male and female.

Though knowledge and practice is far lacking in the field of organ donation, attitude is much more better which can help to make future of organ donation more optimistic.