Objective: To Assess the awareness & perception on eye donation among the patients who are attending ophthalmology Outpatient department (OPD) Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among the patients attending ophthalmology OPD at santhiram medical college & general hospital. A prestructured, pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect responses on demographic details, knowledge of cornea donation & willingness to pledge for eye donation from the participants of this study. Results: A Hospital based study including 500 participants were part of this survey. Out of which 63% were male & 37% were female. 396 (79.2%) were aware about eye donation. The willingness to donate was only 97 (19.4%). Most common reason for unwillingness was found to be religious belief (31.5%). Conclusion: Although approximately 57% have relatively fair knowledge, only 19.4% are willing to donate. Year of study was highly correlated with knowledge when demographics were taken into consideration.
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