Volume 6 | Issue -14
Volume 6 | Issue -14
Volume 6 | Issue -14
Volume 6 | Issue -14
Volume 6 | Issue -14
Background. - Organ donation is a safe and effective practice for donor and recipient. The purpose of this study was to understand the attitude and measure the awareness of medical undergraduates towards organ donation. Materials and Methods. Present cross sectional observational study was carried out in a medical college of north Gujarat for a period of 6 months (June to December 2022). A total of 409 students were the final study participants in the study analysis. Data collection tool and data collection- Self-administered structured Questionnaire was used to collect study data. Results. Out of the 409 study participants 405 (99%) had heard about organ donation programme from one or more sources of information. About 99% of the students were aware of organ donation programmes. The mean age of the study participants was 19.45+1.25yrs and age range of 17-24yr. Almost half of the participants were aware about how to obtain organ donation card (21.5%) and NHS Organ Donor Register (21.8%). Majority (92.4%) had opined that organ donation is to save someone's life but only 40% would like to donate organ in future or after death without any hesitation and 2% said absolutely no for organ donation (p>0.05). Conclusion. -The study showed that most of the medical students had accepted organ donation as legal by Indian law.