Open AccessA comparative study of knowledge, attitude, and practices about organ donation among blood donors and nonblood donors
Author(s) -
Abhishekh Basavarajegowda,
Charumathy Arjunan,
YC Nalini,
Sreejith Parameshwaran,
S Kannan
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
asian journal of transfusion science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.262
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1998-3565
pISSN - 0973-6247
DOI - 10.4103/ajts.ajts_9_21
Subject(s) - medicine , economic shortage , blood donor , donation , organ donation , apheresis , family medicine , population , demography , statistical analysis , surgery , transplantation , environmental health , immunology , statistics , philosophy , platelet , mathematics , government (linguistics) , sociology , economics , economic growth , linguistics
Shortage of organs by donation is a national problem which needs a multipronged approach for its strengthening. Educating the people and increasing the awareness of the need for donation would be of the foremost priority. Identifying the target population who are more likely to respond would be very important to reap the maximum results. There is speculation that blood donors would be more amenable and likely to accept the idea and thought of organ donation. This study is being designed to study the same.