A Comparative Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude on Organ Donation among Adults Visiting Opd’s of a Hospital and a Mall in Navi Mumbai

Abstract

Background: Organ transplantation provides the only opportunity for patient with end-stage organ disease to have an enhanced quality of life and an extended survival. Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome is the failure of two or more organ systems in an acutely ill patient such that homeostasis cannot be maintained without intervention. There is currently a shortage of transplantable organs, mainly because the relatives of potential organ donors dying in the hospital are not routinely offered the choice of donating their loved one’s organs.

Methodology: The research design for the study was descriptive research design and sample for the study was 400, which was selected using non-probability convenient sampling technique. The tool for the data collection was validated by the experts and the reliability was established using Cronbach’s Alpha method. A pilot study was conducted to determine the feasibility of the study following which the main study was done. Likert scale was used to assess the attitude. Data analysis was done using descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.

Results: There is a significant association between the knowledge of adults from the mall with selected demographic variables such as income and religion as evidenced by the P < 0.05 level. It was also found that there was an association of the knowledge of adults from the hospital with selected demographic variables such as gender, heard about organ donation, and source of information with statistical evidence of P < 0.05 level. Apart from the knowledge the investigator also found that there was a significant association of the attitude of adults from the mall with selected demographic variables such as age, gender, religion, residence, and source of information evidenced by P < 0.05 level, and there was an association between the attitude of the adults from hospital with selected demographic variables such as gender, residence which was evidenced statistically by a P < 0.05 level.

Conclusion: Based on the results of the study, the investigator concluded that just under half of the samples who attended the hospital and the mall had average knowledge. On the other hand, the study also revealed that a large portion of the adults who attended the outpatient department’s and the mall had a favorable attitude toward organ donation