Effectiveness of interactive education intervention programme on willingness, knowledge, and attitude regarding organ donation: A pilot study among college students

BACKGROUND: In the field of medicine, organ donation (OD) is a ray of hope. Despite the fact that OD is widely acknowledged throughout the world, both the donor and the recipient are challenged by traditional and cultural attitudes. As a result, the divide between organ donors and recipients is growing. Donation rates may be increased by having a positive outlook, sufficient information, and a willingness to donate. The goal of the current study was to ascertain how well the Interactive Education Intervention Program affected college students’ attitudes, knowledge, and willingness to participate in OD. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The study was cross-sectional and used a true experimental design. From August 2024 to November 2024, the study was carried out in a two-degree college in Mangaluru, Karnataka, India. The study was given ethical approval. One college from an urban area and one from a rural location were chosen for the study using a multistage random sampling procedure. Participants in the study were 50 final-year students seeking bachelor’s degrees in business administration, science, commerce, computer applications, and the arts. There were two groups in the study: the control group and the intervention group. Each group comprised 25 individuals. While the control group was provided standard college activities, the intervention group’s participants received an Interactive Education Intervention Program on OD in the form of interactive sessions, information booklets, and video-based instruction. A structured questionnaire was used in the data collection process. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software (version 23.0) was used to record and analyze the obtained data for both descriptive and inferential statistics. A 95% confidence interval and a significance level of 0.05 were applied to all tests. RESULTS: The study discovered that students in the intervention group significantly outperformed those in the control group in terms of their willingness, knowledge, and attitude scores regarding OD from pre-test to post-test I and post-test II ( P = 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In general, the study shows how well the Interactive Education Intervention Program affects college students’ attitudes, knowledge, and willingness to participate in OD. Therefore, it can be effectively applied to college students to raise the OD rates.