Level of knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation: a community-based study from Karachi, Pakistan.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of our study was to assess the knowledge and attitude and to find out the statistics regarding public awareness of organ donation in Karachi. This convenient based, cross-sectional study was conducted from the general population of Karachi, Pakistan from December 2015 to December 2016. The respondents were evaluated through a face to face questionnaire. The questionnaire contained variables regarding knowledge and attitude towards organ donation.

Result

420 people were approached; amongst them 25 refused to participate, so a total number of 395 respondents consented in the research. The mean age of about 77.5% of the population was in the 18-27 range. More than half of the respondents happened to be students and female (51.1%) (55%) respectively. Our result

SUBMITTER: Khalid F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6543638 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature