Awareness and attitudes toward corneal donation: challenges and opportunities

AM Williams, KW Muir - Clinical Ophthalmology, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
There is a severe shortage of donor corneas available worldwide for transplantation, with
the number of patients in need of transplant greatly exceeding the number of cornea tissues …

Adaptation of the MAUQ and usability evaluation of a mobile phone–based system to promote eye donation

W Chumkasian, R Fernandez, KT Win… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Introduction Mobile Applications (apps) are commonly used in the health care
settings to improve the quality of care, however prior to the release of the app it is vital to …

Awareness regarding eye donation among stakeholders in Srikakulam district in South India

VR Ronanki, S Sheeladevi, BP Ramachandran… - BMC …, 2014 - Springer
Background There is a huge need for the availability of transplantable donor corneas
worldwide to reduce the burden of corneal blindness due to corneal opacity. Voluntary eye …

Prevalence and predictors of knowledge and attitudes toward eye donation among the general population: a systematic review

W Chumkasian, R Fernandez, C Petsoglou, H Green… - Cornea, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The purpose of this systematic review was to investigate knowledge and attitudes
toward eye donation and sources of eye donation information among the general …

Eye donation in north India: Trends, awareness, influences and barriers

M Acharya, JH Farooqui, A Dave, D Chaku… - Indian journal of …, 2019 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: To understand trends, awareness, influences and barriers to eye donation in
Indian society. Methods: This cross sectional study was conducted in Delhi from March 2017 …

Willingness to donate eyes and its associated factors among adults in Gondar town, North West Ethiopia

MS Hussen, KL Gebreselassie, AT Woredekal… - BMC …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background In Ethiopia, there is a substantial mismatch between need and supply
of corneal transplant. Although corneal transplantation service is affected by various factors …

[HTML][HTML] Status of eye donation awareness and its associated factors among adults in rural Pondicherry

R Patil, A Boratne, SK Gupta, SS Datta - Journal of clinical and …, 2015 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Introduction: The value of anything is realized only when it is lost, one such thing is vision.
Though all the causes of blindness can't be cured, corneal blindness can be reverted by …

Impact of an educational video in improving awareness of eye donation among non-medical health care workers in a tertiary health centre

G Behera, N Vijayan, R Murugesan… - International …, 2024 - Springer
Purpose To evaluate the impact of an educational video in improving awareness of eye
donation among non-medical healthcare workers at a tertiary health centre. Methods A socio …

Knowledge, awareness and attitude of eye donation among non-clinical staff of a tertiary eye hospital in South India

V Narendran, S Padmavathi… - Indian Journal of …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, awareness and attitude of eye
donation among non-clinical staff of tertiary eye hospitals and to convey a positive attitude …

[PDF][PDF] Awareness regarding eye donation in an urban slum population: a community-based survey

A Singh, N Gupta, A Ganger, P Vashist… - Exp Clin …, 2018 - researchgate.net
Objectives: Our objective was to assess the awareness of eye donation in an urban slum
population and willingness to donate eyes after death. Materials and Methods: A cross …