A Questionnaire Based Study Evaluating Awareness for Organ and Body Donation and Cadaveric Dissection among the General Population Attending Medical and Dental Hospital.
Introduction: This study intended to assess the awareness among subjects regarding body donation and cadaveric dissection and their willingness to donate body. Methodology: A cross sectional study conducted in Anatomy Department, SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre, Vadodara. A self-administe...
| Publicado en: | Medico-Legal Update Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 835 - 840 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ccm&AN=152720766&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ccm uiTerm: 152720766 longDbName: CINAHL Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: dissinfo: jinfo: jid: 0971720X 6CKZ jtl: Medico-Legal Update issn: 0971720X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jan-Mar2021 vid: 21 iid: 1 pid: 50801 pub: Institute of Medico-legal publications Pvt Ltd artinfo: ui: 152720766 152720766 152720766 10.37506/mlu.v21i1.2420 152720766 ppf: 835 ppct: 5 formats: tig: atl: A Questionnaire Based Study Evaluating Awareness for Organ and Body Donation and Cadaveric Dissection among the General Population Attending Medical and Dental Hospital. aug: au: Parmar, K. M. Vaisnani, Hetal Chavda, Nirali Sharma, Priyanka Jethava, Kinjal affil: Associate Professor, Dept of Anatomy, Smt. B.K. Shah Medical Institute & Research Center Sumandeep Vidyapeeth and Institution Deemed to be University, Piparia, Vadodara Gujarat sug: subj: Organ Donation Cadaver Health Knowledge Health Literacy Organ Procurement Living Donors Human Cross Sectional Studies Academic Medical Centers India India Male Female Descriptive Statistics Middle Age Educational Status Dissection Sex Factors Socioeconomic Factors Age Factors Dental Facilities Questionnaires Middle Aged: 45-64 years Male Female ab: Introduction: This study intended to assess the awareness among subjects regarding body donation and cadaveric dissection and their willingness to donate body. Methodology: A cross sectional study conducted in Anatomy Department, SBKS Medical Institute and Research Centre, Vadodara. A self-administered questionnaire containing 18 questions was to be filled by the participants in 15 minutes. Responses of participants were collected and analysed. Results: 130 participants were enrolled, 47.69% were males while 52.31% were females. Majority (38.46%) were ≥45 years in age. Around 41.54% of the participants had received no schooling. Majority of the participants were unaware of the Organ (54.62%) and Body donations (63.85%), however, around 51.54% of the subjects were aware of the cadaveric dissections occurring in medical colleges. Also, 50.77% agreed for body donations. As compared to males, higher proportion of females were aware of the organ (47.1%) and body (38.2%) donations and 61.8% females were willing to donate bodies. Higher proportion of subjects in the age groups of 26-45 years were aware of organ (52.3%) and body (38.6%) donation and cadaveric dissection (65.9%), however, proportionately more subjects in the age group of 18-25 years (77.8%) were willing to donate body. A higher proportion of subjects with college education were aware of the organ (84.6%) and body (92.3%) donation and cadaveric dissection (92.3%) and were also willing to donate body (92.3%). Conclusion: Gender, education and socioeconomic background have an impact on organ/body donation and willingness to donate body. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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