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ArticleIndian journal of ophthalmology2022

Knowledge, awareness and attitude of eye donation among non-clinical staff of a tertiary eye hospital in South India.

Venkatapathy Narendran, Sivakumar Padmavathi, Shanmugam Sangeetha, Natarajan Karthik

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Venkatapathy NarendranChief Medical Officer, Department of Retina, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sivakumar PadmavathiBiostatistician, Department of Biostatistics, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shanmugam SangeethaManager, Administration, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Natarajan KarthikManager, Aravind IOB Eye Bank, Aravind Eye Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

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Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, awareness and attitude of eye donation among non-clinical staff of tertiary eye hospitals and to convey a positive attitude toward eye donation by enhancing their awareness and knowledge. Methods: An online cross-sectional study was conducted among the non-clinical staff from all centers of a tertiary eye care hospital across Tamil Nadu. Quiz link was emailed to non-clinical staff of all the centers. On completion of the quiz, the participants viewed their respective scores and the correct answers to all questions. This activity was presumed to subsequently improve their knowledge and clear up the myths on eye donation. Results: Two hundred twenty-eight non-clinical staff from 11 hospitals participated in the quiz. Mean age was 35.3 ± 9.8 years and 130 were female staff (57.05%). One hundred eighty-one participants (79.39%) scored over 50% of the total 17 queries. One hundred eighty-six (81.58%) and 142 (62.28%) participants scored over 50% in the awareness section and knowledge section, respectively. Eye bank volunteers (73, 32.02%) were the main source of information. Twenty-four (10.53%) had already taken pledge for eye donation and 175 (76.75%) were willing to pledge, 29 (12.72%) were not willing to pledge. Twenty-two out of these 29 (75.86%) had no specific reason for not pledging. Family, religious reasons, lack of clarity and fear were least cited reasons (13.79%). Conclusion: Non-clinical staff of an eye hospital are easily approachable and are expected to be more knowledgeable by the general public around them. They might act as primary motivators in raising awareness within their family, friends, relatives and neighbors.

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Tissue and Organ ProcurementAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansIndiaMaleMiddle AgedSurveys and QuestionnairesTertiary Care CentersTissue DonorsAttitudeawarenesscorneal transplantationeye donationknowledgenonclinical staff

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