A Descriptive Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Organ Donation Among Young Adults with a View to Develop Self-Structured Pamphlet for Creating Awareness in Rural Areas of Durg district (C.G.)

Abstract

Background: Organ donation is where a person donates their organ for transplant. There are two types of organ donation: living & deceased. Organ transplantation is the most preferred treatment modality for end-stage organ disease and organ failures. In India every year nearly 500,000 people die because of non-availability of organs and this number is expected to grow due to scarcity of organ donors. Therefore, here knowledge and attitude levels among young adults in rural areas were evaluated. Materials and Methods: In the present study purposive sampling technique was used to select 60 young adults as samples from Dhanora Durg (C.G.) for main study. The self-structured questionnaire and rating scale was used for data collection and the data collected was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Result: The overall analysis of knowledge score regarding organ donation among young adults in rural areas reveals that 34(56.67%) had average knowledge. However overall analysis of the attitude score reveals that 34(56.67%) had positive attitude. There was significant association of knowledge score regarding organ donation among young adults with education and previous knowledge. There was significant association of attitude score regarding organ donation among young adults with age. Other socio-demographic variables were not associated with knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among young adults. Conclusion: Hence we need to think of measures to encourage people so as to achieve 100% voluntary organ donation and adequate supply of organ.