Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Eye Donation among Students of Kathmandu University School of Management; A Cross-Sectional Online Survey

Abstract

Background: The corneal blindness is the 4th most common cause of blindness all over the world lot of people were waiting for the corneal transplantation but there are only few donors. Availability of potential donors and attitude of eligible donors is the main factor that affects corneal supply. Method: A descriptive cross sectional research design was carried out among 205 students with the mean age of 22.7 years using self-administered online questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for the analysis of the data. P value was set at 0.05. Result: It has been found that only 4% of the respondents had good knowledge regarding eye donation and more than 50% had moderate knowledge and about 40% had poor knowledge however 90% know that eye can be donated any age above one year. However, regarding attitude, about 70% had good attitude. But still 35% respondents had uncertain about willing to donate eyes after death. Regarding association, only source of information, had significant association with knowledge regarding eye donation. Other variables had no significant association. Conclusion: Based on the results of this study it has been concluded that most of the respondents had poor knowledge regarding eye donation. However, higher percentage of the respondents had good attitude. Information received from different source had significant association towards knowledge on eye donation but it seemed that though they received information from the media they could not answer correctly. It suggests that there is a need of community awareness program from health professionals. Key words: Attitude, Eye Donation, Knowledge, Students.