Assessment and Comparison of Perception of Eye Donation and Some Aspects of Eye Health Care Among the Medical and Nursing Students : A Cross-sectional Comparative study in Uttarakhand State

Abstract

Background: For the avoidable blindness (curative and preventive blindness), there is a need for capacity building of young future health functionaries which can be achieved by collecting data about their percept for eye donation/healthcare.  Objective: To assess and compare the percept of eye donation and some aspects of eye health care  amongst nursing and medical students.  Material and methods: The total 290 medical and  439 nursing students were studied in the present study and  information was obtained using semi-structured questionnaire.  Results: Of the total 290 medical  and 439 nursing students respectively that was studied,the awareness about eye donation was 100% in medical and 93.6% in nursing with mass media (TV/newspaper) constituted the greatest source of information in 72.7% (nursing) and 75.9% (medical).   Conclusion: The incorrect information for the ideal time of eye donation was given by 17.7% students and for the incorrect usage of donated eyes was given by 79.5% students.