Journal of Nutrition & Food Sciences
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-9600
+32 25889658
ISSN: 2155-9600
+32 25889658
Pragya Paneru
B P Koirala Institute of Health Sciences, Nepal
Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Nutr Food Sci
Background & Aim: Globally, there is a discrepancy between demand and availability of organs for transplantation. WHO calls for encouraging transplantation from a deceased donor as there is no risk to the donor. The new Transplant Act of Nepal-2016 has opened doors for the cadaveric organ donation and transplantation. However, there is a paucity of studies regarding the mind frame of general public regarding deceased organ donation. Thus, this study aims at study the ??willingness? for deceased organ donation among the educated classes of the society. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out among 397 post-graduate students selected conveniently from three different streams- Medical, Law and Mass Communication from various colleges (selected randomly) of Kathmandu. Self-administered questionnaire was used. Multivariate analysis among the variables that had p-value <0.2 in bivariate analysis was carried out to find out the strongest predictors. Results: The willingness for cadaveric organ donation among the participants was 53.2%. Family permission in one??s wish to donate organs (p<0.001), having someone in family with chronic disease, (p=0.008), having attended any conference or general talk on organ donation (p=0.009), knowing a live organ donor (p=0.018) and knowing that body won??t be left disfigured after organ extraction (p=0.026) were found to be the strongest predictors for willingness. Conclusion: The willingness to donate one??s organs is 53.2%, while that of the significant others?? is only 31.5%. This highlights the need for extensive awareness programs and new strategies to make people aware about the importance of organ donation and to motivate them to be a registered organ donor.