ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY: Organ donation is defined as giving an organ or part of an organ to be transplanted into another person. Organ transplantation is the only option to save lives in patients affected by terminal organ failures and improve their quality of life .there is a lack of awareness among people with regard to decreased organ donation, and process of organ transplantation. India is currently having a decreased donation rate of just 0.26 per million population compared to 26 in US,35 in Spain and 36.5 in Croatia. From 2007 to 2012 ,the state could manage only 58 organ donation .In 2017 ,69 organ donation were achieved ,with 78 in 2018- numbers that are shockingly low for state where the death rate is 6.6 per 1,000 people. Aim: the main aim of this study is to create awareness regarding the organ donation & organ transplantation. Materials And Methods: quantitative approach is used to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation and organ transplantation. Quantitative- descriptive research design was adopted. A total 150 sample were selected in this study by non-probability convenient sampling technique. the semi-structured questionnaire was used to asses knowledge & attitude regarding organ donation and organ transplantation. Result: the result showed that52% of the Respondents had mildly inadequate knowledge & 44% had moderately inadequate knowledge & 4% had adequate knowledge regarding organ donation and organ transplantation. The result depicts that there is no significant association seen between attitude and Demographic variables of age, religion, types of family, monthly income, residential, education, and occupation. Conclusion: From the result of the study it is concluded that there is a 52% of the Respondents had mildly inadequate knowledge , 44% had moderately inadequate knowledge & 4% had adequate knowledge regarding organ donation and organ transplantation. And there is majority of non significant association between attitude and selected socio-demographic variables. Keywords: Organ donation, Organ transplantation, Waghodiya, Vadodara
Publication date: 25/01/2022

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2022/11.1.2007