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Research Paper | Medical Surgical | India | Volume 4 Issue 12, December 2015 | Popularity: 7 / 10
Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Organ Donation among Nursing Students
Hebsiba Ponnayyan, Kanumilli Visalakshi
Abstract: Organ transplantation is enabling to enhance the quality of life of patients with end-stage organ failure. A study to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among nursing students in selected nursing institutes of Mangalore. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and attitude of nursing students regarding organ donation in selected nursing Institutes of Mangalore. The objectives of the study were to i. determine the knowledge regarding organ donation among nursing students, ii. find out the attitude towards organ donation, iii. find the relationship between knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among nursing students, iv find an association between knowledge of nursing students regarding organ donation and demographic factors, v. find an association between attitude of nursing students regarding organ donation and demographic factors. The researcher used a quantitative approach and non experimental descriptive design. The major findings of the study were majority of the nursing students i. e.46 % (n=100) belong to 21-22 years of age, 81 % were females, 50 % of students were studying third year and 50 % studying fourth year B. Sc. Nursing, majority of the nursing students 68 % were Christians. The level of knowledge of nursing students regarding organ donation showed that majority i. e 89 % had average knowledge and majority 74 % had favourable attitude towards organ donation. It was found that there is a positive relationship between level of knowledge and attitude score of nursing students on organ donation, but it is not significant (r = 0.042) at 0.05 level. Chi-Square test showed that there is no significant association between knowledge level of nursing students and the demographic variables like age, gender, year of study and religion and there is no significant association between attitude of nursing students and the demographic variables like age, gender, year of study and religion. The findings would help the nurse administrators, nurse educators and public health authorities to develop an insight into the importance of health education regarding organ donation.
Keywords: Knowledge, Attitude, Organ donation, Nursing Students
Edition: Volume 4 Issue 12, December 2015
Pages: 1478 - 1480
DOI: https://www.doi.org/10.21275/NOV152244
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