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Abstract

Abstract


Objectives: To determine the knowledge, attitude and practices of medical undergraduates regarding potential organ donation.

Methods: The descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from April to July 2017 at Rawalpindi Medical University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan and comprised medical students of either gender selected from each of the five academic years. Data was collected using a structured questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practices. Data was analysed using SPSS 22.

Results: Of the 400 subjects, there were 40(10%) male and 40(10%) female students from each of the five academic years. The mean age of the sample was 20.98+/-1.63 years (range: 18-27 years). Overall, 363(90.8%) students had knowledge of organ donation and 96(24%) knew about potential organ donation. Of the 184(46%) subjects willing for live donation, 86(46.7%) were males and 98(53.2%) were females. Of the 245(61.5%) subjects willing for potential organ donation, 62(77.5%) were from the 5th year and 30(37.5%) were from the 1st year.

Conclusions: Medical students were found to have good knowledge regarding live organ donation, but they had very little information about potential organ donation.

Keywords: Potential organ donation, Organ transplant, Knowledge, Attitude, Practices, Medical students, KAP study, Transplant.