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Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria
OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation among visitors of a main public hospital in Damascus. Findings of this study can contribute to the development of effective donation campaigns and applying cornea donation in Syria. METHODS: This cross-sect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37278433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001290 |
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author | Soqia, Jameel Alhomsi, Rawan Ataya, Jamal Al-Mashhour, Obaida Hamzeh, Farah Hamwy, Romeo Sulayman, Siba Alhomsi, Nadimah Hamzeh, Ammar |
author_facet | Soqia, Jameel Alhomsi, Rawan Ataya, Jamal Al-Mashhour, Obaida Hamzeh, Farah Hamwy, Romeo Sulayman, Siba Alhomsi, Nadimah Hamzeh, Ammar |
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description | OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation among visitors of a main public hospital in Damascus. Findings of this study can contribute to the development of effective donation campaigns and applying cornea donation in Syria. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included individuals who were above 18 years old and were visitors of Al-Mouwasat University Hospital in Damascus, Syria. Data were gathered using a questionnaire administered through face-to-face interviews with the participants. A validated questionnaire was used and consisted of three sections: demographic information, awareness assessment and evaluation of participants’ attitudes towards corneal donation. Associations between participants’ demographics and variables were tested using χ(2) test, and a p value of <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: 637 participants were randomly interviewed. 70.8% of the sample were female and 45.7% have heard about cornea donation. 68.3% of the participants accepted donation of their cornea after death, but this decreased to 56.2% when it comes to donation from relatives after their death. The main reasons for refusing and accepting cornea donation were religious beliefs (10.8%) and intention to help others (65.8%), respectively. Women were more likely to accept donation after death than men (71.4% vs 60.8%, p=0.009). Finally, acceptance of cornea donation would increase if participants lived in a more developed country (71.7% vs 68.3%). CONCLUSION: Despite the high willingness, corneal donation in Syria is still not enough. Corneal donation requires an ensured donation system that supports and organises the processes, a simplified education about the importance of donation, and clarifying the right instructions of religion. |
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spelling | pubmed-102309742023-06-01 Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria Soqia, Jameel Alhomsi, Rawan Ataya, Jamal Al-Mashhour, Obaida Hamzeh, Farah Hamwy, Romeo Sulayman, Siba Alhomsi, Nadimah Hamzeh, Ammar BMJ Open Ophthalmol Original Research OBJECTIVE: This study aims to assess attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation among visitors of a main public hospital in Damascus. Findings of this study can contribute to the development of effective donation campaigns and applying cornea donation in Syria. METHODS: This cross-sectional study included individuals who were above 18 years old and were visitors of Al-Mouwasat University Hospital in Damascus, Syria. Data were gathered using a questionnaire administered through face-to-face interviews with the participants. A validated questionnaire was used and consisted of three sections: demographic information, awareness assessment and evaluation of participants’ attitudes towards corneal donation. Associations between participants’ demographics and variables were tested using χ(2) test, and a p value of <0.05 was considered significant. RESULTS: 637 participants were randomly interviewed. 70.8% of the sample were female and 45.7% have heard about cornea donation. 68.3% of the participants accepted donation of their cornea after death, but this decreased to 56.2% when it comes to donation from relatives after their death. The main reasons for refusing and accepting cornea donation were religious beliefs (10.8%) and intention to help others (65.8%), respectively. Women were more likely to accept donation after death than men (71.4% vs 60.8%, p=0.009). Finally, acceptance of cornea donation would increase if participants lived in a more developed country (71.7% vs 68.3%). CONCLUSION: Despite the high willingness, corneal donation in Syria is still not enough. Corneal donation requires an ensured donation system that supports and organises the processes, a simplified education about the importance of donation, and clarifying the right instructions of religion. BMJ Publishing Group 2023-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC10230974/ /pubmed/37278433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001290 Text en © Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2023. Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited, appropriate credit is given, any changes made indicated, and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Original Research Soqia, Jameel Alhomsi, Rawan Ataya, Jamal Al-Mashhour, Obaida Hamzeh, Farah Hamwy, Romeo Sulayman, Siba Alhomsi, Nadimah Hamzeh, Ammar Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria |
title | Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria |
title_full | Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria |
title_fullStr | Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria |
title_full_unstemmed | Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria |
title_short | Clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in Syria |
title_sort | clearing the path to vision restoration: an analysis of attitudes and associated factors towards cornea donation in syria |
topic | Original Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10230974/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37278433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjophth-2023-001290 |
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