Study to Assess the Knowledge and Attitude Regarding Eye Donation Among Teaching Faculty of Selected Colleges in Hubli, Dharwa

Abstract

Background The alteration in transparency of cornea leads to corneal scarring and blindness. Corneal blindness can be cured by transplantation. Donated cornea can give sight to four cornea blind patients yet the benefit of eye donation awareness is inadequate. The present study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitude towards eye donation.Objective To evaluate the knowledge and attitude towards eye donation among teaching faculty working in selected colleges.Methodology A descriptive study was designed to assess the knowledge and attitude of teaching faculty towards eye donation. A total of 100 teaching faculty from various colleges were selected using probability simple random sampling technique. A structured knowledge questionnaire and modified Likert attitude scale were designed to assess the objectives. The questionnaire showed content validity index of knowledge and attitude scale of 70 and 78 reliability for knowledge and attitude scale was 0.8 and 0.79 respectively. Results The results of the present study revealed that many participants had average knowledge and favorable attitude towards eye donation and there was no significant correlation between knowledge and attitude scores of the teaching faculty regarding eye donation.Conclusion Results of the study revealed that teaching staff had average knowledge and favorable attitude towards eye donation and there was no significant relation between knowledge and attitude implying the need to improve knowledge of teachers regarding eye donation and providing information on its benefits to the community.