Abstract
Background of the Study: Organ donation is defined as an act of giving one or more than one organ, without compensation, for transplantation to another person. In organ donation, a person pledges during her/his lifetime, that after death, certain organs from the body can be used for transplantation to help terminally ill patients get a new lease of life. The main reasons for shortage of organs in India are due to family consent, negative attitude, religion, fear, ignorance, and misunderstanding. The issue of organ donation is complex and multifactorial involving ethical, legal, medical, organizational, and societal factors. Countries around the world have reported that people’s attitudes towards organ donation are influenced by factors such as knowledge, education, and religion. Culture and religion have also been documented to affect the decision-making process of organ donation. The aim of the study was to find the effectiveness of planned group teaching programme (PGTP) on the knowledge regarding organ donation among elderly people. Methodology: An evaluative approach with pre-experimental one-group pre-test–post-test design was used with purposive sampling technique to select the samples (N = 60). A structured knowledge questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge and PGTP was administered to find its effectiveness. The main study was conducted in the month of February 2018, in Matoshree Old Age Home, Kanchanwadi, Aurangabad. The collected data were analysed and tabulated using descriptive and inferential statistics. In the present study, the mean of post-test knowledge score (25.65) was higher than the mean of pre-test knowledge score (11.11). The calculated t-value is greater than the table value (0.05, 59 df) = 24.23. It showed a significant difference between mean pre-test and post-test knowledge score; therefore, in these cases, H1 was accepted.
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