A Study To Assess The Awareness On Organ Donation Among People Seeking Health Care In Out Patient Department In Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, India

Ms.Nishanthi.B; Ms.Sandhiya Priya.P; Ms.Dhanalakshmi.I; Mrs.Thenaruvi.R

Volume : VI, Issue : VIII, August - 2017

A Study To Assess The Awareness On Organ Donation Among People Seeking Health Care In Out Patient Department In Selected Tertiary Care Hospital, Kelambakkam, Kancheepuram District, Tamilnadu, India

Ms. Nishanthi. B, Ms. Sandhiya Priya. P, Ms. Dhanalakshmi. I, Mrs. Thenaruvi. R

Abstract :

The objectives Were to assess the awareness regarding organ donation among patient in selected hospital and to determine the association between the awareness regarding organ donation among patient with selected demographic variables. 75 samples were selected using Non-probability Sampling technique.A self administer structured questionnaire schedule was used to assess the awareness on Organ Donation.The collected data was tabulated and analyzed. Descriptive and inferential statistical were used. The mean value is 8.84 and the standard deviation is 0.5336. The study shows that 5.33 % of the are having inadequate knowledge. 56 % of the are having moderate knowledge and 38.6 % of the are having adequate knowledge. The association between demographic variables in related with the knowledge aspects of organ donation. The collected data were tabulated and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study showed that there is no significant association between organ donation with the selected demographic variables of patients with out-patient department age (x²=7.26), gender(x²=9.43), education (x²=8.29), occupation (x²=3,32),types of family(x²=6.96), religion(x²=7.45), sources of information(x²=7.47).