STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE & AWARENESS REGARDING EYE DONATION AMONG STUDENTS OF CIMS BILASPUR (C.G.)

Background-Eye donation is an act of donating ones eye after his/her death. it is an act of charity,purely for the benefit of the society and is totallyvoluntary. age or systemic illness such as diabetes or hypertension, heart disease \,kidney disease is not barrier for eye donation.. eye disease are asignificant cause of visual impairment and blindness in the developing world.approximately 18.7 million people are blind in india and 1,90,000 areblind from bilateral corneal disease.For such people corneal transplantation helps in restoring their sight. According to the eye bank association ofindia the current cornea procurement rate in india is 22,000 per year.Programme and activities conducted across the country to impart thesignificance of eye donation and its useful to visual impaired people.Objectives- 1.To assess sociodemographic profile of the students.2.To assess the knowledge & awareness regarding eye donation among studysubject.Methodology-Study Subject;-Medical student CIMS college Bilaspur.Type Of Study :-Observational Cross sectional study.Study Area :- CIMS medical collegeStudy Duration:-July 2017 to December 2017.Sample Size :- 100medical students in CIMS medical college Bilaspur(C.G)Study Tools :- Pre designed questionnairesResults:- In the present study, there was nearly 46% male and 54% female. 100% of the participants had heard about eye donation.The commonestsource of knowledge on eye donation, Dr (32%) followed by TV(25%), Friends (20%). Majority (63%) of participants had correct knowledge thateye should be removed from dead donor within 6 hours.80% of the participants replied eye donation is done by all age group people.Conclusion:- Majority (63%) of participant had correct knowledge regarding eye donation. Majority (79%) of the students have willingnessregarding eye donation