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Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital

INTRODUCTION: Corneal transplantation is the only treatment option for corneal blindness to restore sight. However, there is a disproportionate imbalance between the demand and supply of corneal tissue in Ethiopia. This is because accessing corneal tissue is reliant on people who are willing to dona...

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Autores principales: Gesesse, Eyerus, Fekadu, Sofonias Addis, Belete, Gizachew Tilahun
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34415942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256102
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author Gesesse, Eyerus
Fekadu, Sofonias Addis
Belete, Gizachew Tilahun
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Belete, Gizachew Tilahun
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description INTRODUCTION: Corneal transplantation is the only treatment option for corneal blindness to restore sight. However, there is a disproportionate imbalance between the demand and supply of corneal tissue in Ethiopia. This is because accessing corneal tissue is reliant on people who are willing to donate corneas after death. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the proportion of willingness to donate cornea and associated factors among adult patients attending at University of Gondar comprehensive and specialized hospital. METHOD: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 13 to July 28, 2020, through a face-to-face interview. A total of 451 samples were selected using systematic random sampling. The data were entered into Epidemiological information version 7 and exported to statistical package for social science version 20 for formal analysis. Variables with a P-value of < 0.20 in a bi-variable logistic regression were entered into the multivariable logistic regression and those variables with a p-value of < 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. The strength of association was shown using the odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval. RESULT: A total of 408 adults participated in this study with a response rate of 90% and the proportion of willingness to donate cornea was 179(43.90%). Participants who had a religious belief in Christianity (AOR = 3.23 (95% CI: 1.09–9.57)) and good knowledge about corneal donation (AOR = 5.45(95%CI: 2.69–11.18)) were positively associated with the willingness of corneal donation. On the other side, the age group above 43 years (AOR = 0.31(95% CI: 0.11–0.89) was negatively associated with the willingness of corneal donation. CONCLUSION: The proportion of willingness to donate cornea 43.9% among participants attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital. Age group greater than 43 years, religion of Christianity and good knowledge were associated with the willingness of corneal donation.
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spelling pubmed-83787132021-08-21 Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital Gesesse, Eyerus Fekadu, Sofonias Addis Belete, Gizachew Tilahun PLoS One Research Article INTRODUCTION: Corneal transplantation is the only treatment option for corneal blindness to restore sight. However, there is a disproportionate imbalance between the demand and supply of corneal tissue in Ethiopia. This is because accessing corneal tissue is reliant on people who are willing to donate corneas after death. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the proportion of willingness to donate cornea and associated factors among adult patients attending at University of Gondar comprehensive and specialized hospital. METHOD: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted from July 13 to July 28, 2020, through a face-to-face interview. A total of 451 samples were selected using systematic random sampling. The data were entered into Epidemiological information version 7 and exported to statistical package for social science version 20 for formal analysis. Variables with a P-value of < 0.20 in a bi-variable logistic regression were entered into the multivariable logistic regression and those variables with a p-value of < 0.05 were taken as statistically significant. The strength of association was shown using the odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval. RESULT: A total of 408 adults participated in this study with a response rate of 90% and the proportion of willingness to donate cornea was 179(43.90%). Participants who had a religious belief in Christianity (AOR = 3.23 (95% CI: 1.09–9.57)) and good knowledge about corneal donation (AOR = 5.45(95%CI: 2.69–11.18)) were positively associated with the willingness of corneal donation. On the other side, the age group above 43 years (AOR = 0.31(95% CI: 0.11–0.89) was negatively associated with the willingness of corneal donation. CONCLUSION: The proportion of willingness to donate cornea 43.9% among participants attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital. Age group greater than 43 years, religion of Christianity and good knowledge were associated with the willingness of corneal donation. Public Library of Science 2021-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8378713/ /pubmed/34415942 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256102 Text en © 2021 Gesesse et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Belete, Gizachew Tilahun
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title Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital
title_full Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital
title_fullStr Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital
title_full_unstemmed Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital
title_short Willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending Gondar University Comprehensive and Specialized Hospital
title_sort willingness of corneal donation and its associated factors among adult patients attending gondar university comprehensive and specialized hospital
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8378713/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34415942
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256102
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