Vol. 10, Issue 4, Part E (2024)

Background: Organs play a vital role within the human body. When an organ fails, the body has a limited amount of time before a severe illness or death occurs. Organ donation is the process in which an individual allows an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another individual, legally, either by consent while the donor is alive or dead with the assent of the next of kin. Organ donation should be seen as the gift of life. But people have very less knowledge regarding organ donation.

Aim: To assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among adults of selected village of Greater Noida.

Methodology: The study has adopted a cross sectional descriptive design with convenience sampling technique. Data was collected from 100 adults of Kathhera village, Dadri and analysis and interpretation of data was done by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The tools used were socio demographic, questionnaire on knowledge and Likert scale on attitude towards organ donation.

Result: The result of the study states that regarding knowledge, majority of adults 57 (57%) have average knowledge, followed by 37 (37%) have poor knowledge and 6 (6%) have good knowledge regarding organ donation. The mean, median and S.D. of knowledge score is 7.75, 7 and 3.09 respectively. Association is seen between level of knowledge and source of information only. Regarding attitude, majority of people have an unfavorable response 52 (52%) regarding organ donation. The mean, median, and S.D. of attitude score is 30.64, 32 and 7.09 respectively. Association is seen between level of attitude and source of information only.

Conclusion: As majority of the participants have average knowledge and have an unfavorable attitude regarding organ donation, there is a need to take an active role by the healthcare professional in clarifying any myths and doubts of peoples regarding organ donation.