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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards organ donation and its influencing factors among the relatives of intensive Care patients in a tertiary care hospital at Ahmedabad city

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Last updated: 20 Jan 2025

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Community Medicine

Abstract

Introduction: Organ donation provides a lifesaving opportunity to individuals with organ failure. A significant number of deaths due to organ failure can be prevented by timely donation and transplantation of organs. The objective was to assess knowledge, attitude and practice among relatives of the admitted Intensive care unit (ICU) patients toward organ donation. Additionally, to determine factors influencing impending organ donation. Methods: A Cross sectional study on 150 first degree relatives of the admitted ICU patients above 18 years of age visiting GCS Medical College (spouse, son, daughter, father, mother) was conducted. The sample size was calculated using Open Epi. Data was collected through a pretested & predesigned questionnaire including information like demography, knowledge, attitude and practice regarding organ donation. Results: Out of total 150 participants, there were 54% male. Mean age of participants was 39.1 ± 12.6 years. Only 8% of the participants had good knowledge regarding organ donation. Approximately 6.7% of the participants had signed up for organ donation. Approximately 73.3% of the participants agreed to donate organ if experienced brain dead while only 49.3% participants agreed to donate their family member's organs. According to participants, the most common reasons for not accepting organ donations were lack of awareness (59.3%) followed by cultural belief (26.6%). Only 2.6% participants or their family members had donated any organ in last 5 years. Conclusions: Very few participants had knowledge regarding organ donation and the majority have not signed up for organ donation due to fears and misconception.

DOI

10.21608/ejcm.2024.281885.1294

Keywords

Knowledge, Organ Donation, cultural belief, Family members, Misconception

Authors

First Name

Sahilkumari

Last Name

Chaudhari

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Community Medicine Department, GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Email

chaudharisahil2212@gmail.com

City

Ahmedabad

Orcid

0009-0001-5845-4430

First Name

Arpit

Last Name

Prajapati

MiddleName

C

Affiliation

Community Medicine Department, GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Email

doc.arpitprajapati@gmail.com

City

Ahmedabad

Orcid

0000-0002-4944-2876

First Name

Mansi

Last Name

Patel

MiddleName

M

Affiliation

Community Medicine Department, Ananya College of Medicine & Research, Kalol, Gandhinagar District, Gujarat, India

Email

mansipatel10@gmail.com

City

Kalol

Orcid

-

First Name

Himadri

Last Name

Patel

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Community Medicine Department, GCS Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India

Email

honeypatel3396@gmail.com

City

Ahmedabad

Orcid

0009-0003-1753-1668

Volume

43

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

52938

Issue Date

2025-01-01

Receive Date

2024-04-06

Publish Date

2025-01-01

Page Start

12

Page End

19

Print ISSN

1110-1865

Online ISSN

2090-2611

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234

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Publication Title

The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine

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https://ejcm.journals.ekb.eg/

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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards organ donation and its influencing factors among the relatives of intensive Care patients in a tertiary care hospital at Ahmedabad city

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Article

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20 Jan 2025