Eye Donation: Knowledge, Beliefs, Awareness, and Willingness Among Ambulance Drivers in Central India

References

• Madan AH, Joshi RS, Wadekar PD. Ocular trauma in pediatric age group at a tertiary eye care center in central Maharashtra, India. Clin Ophthalmol. 2020;14:1003–1009. doi:10.2147/OPTH.S244679
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Krishnaiah S, Kovai V, Nutheti R, Shamanna BR, Thomas R, Rao GN. Awareness of eye donation in the rural population of India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2004;52:73–78.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Gupta N, Vashist P, Tandon R, Gupta SK, Dwivedi S, Mani K. Prevalence of corneal diseases in the rural Indian population: the Corneal Opacity Rural Epidemiological (CORE) study. Br J Ophthalmol. 2015;99:147–152. doi:10.1136/bjophthalmol-2014-305945
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Nangia V, Jonas JB, Gupta R, Khare A, Sinha A. Visual impairment and blindness in rural central India: the central India eye and medical study. Acta Ophthalmol. 2013;91(5):483–486. doi:10.1111/j.1755-3768.2012.02447.x
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Dandona L, Dandona R, Srinivas M, et al. Blindness in Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2001;42:908–916.
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• National programme for control of blindness; 2017. Available from: http://pbhealth.gov.in/pdf/Blindness.pdf. Accessed October 22, 2022.
   Google Scholar
• Dafne LP, Dangre DM, Patil AB, Wangikar VD. Who cares for eye donation. Int J Public Health Hum Rights. 2012;2(1):11e15.
   Google Scholar
• Nathawat R, Sharma N, Sachdev MS, Sinha R, Mukherjee G. Immediate impact of COVID-19 on eye banking in India. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021;69(12):3653–3657. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_1171_21
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Manara AR, Mumford L, Callaghan CJ, Ravanan R, Gardiner D. Donation and transplantation activity in the UK during the COVID-19 lockdown. Lancet. 2020;396(10249):465–466. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(20)31692-5
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Gupta A, Jain S, Jain T, Gupta K. Awareness and perception regarding eye donation in students of a nursing college in Bangalore. Indian J Community Med. 2009;34:122–125. doi:10.4103/0970-0218.51235
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Alanazi LF, Aldossari SH, Gogandy MA, Althubaiti GA, Alanazi BF, Alfawaz AM. Attitude, beliefs and awareness towards corneal donation in Saudi Arabia. Saudi J Ophthalmol. 2019;33:121–129. doi:10.1016/j.sjopt.2019.02.003
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Paraz CM, Truong HT, Sai DK, Cajucom-Uy HY, Chan CL, Kassim SM. Knowledge and attitudes toward corneal donation among Singaporean youth: a cross-sectional study. Eye Vis. 2016;3:17. doi:10.1186/s40662-016-0049-3
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Wang X, Jin L, Wang J, et al. Attitudes and knowledge concerning corneal donation in a population-based sample of urban Chinese adults. Cornea. 2016;35(10):1362–1367. doi:10.1097/ICO.0000000000000943
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Priyadarshini B, Srinivasan M, Padmavathi A, Selvam S, Saradha R, Nirmalan PK. Awareness of eye donation in an adult population of southern India. A Pilot Study. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2003;51:101–104.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Singh A, Gupta N, Ganger A, Vashist P, Tandon R. Awareness regarding eye donation in an urban slum population: a community-based survey. Exp Clin Transplant. 2018;16:730–735. doi:10.6002/ect.2017.0077
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Bhandary S, Khanna R, Rao KA, Rao LG, Lingam KD, Binu V. Eye donation - awareness and willingness among attendants of patients at various clinics in Melaka, Malaysia. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2011;59(1):41–45. doi:10.4103/0301-4738.73727
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Yew YW, Saw SM, Pan JC, et al. Knowledge and beliefs on corneal donation in Singapore adults. Br J Ophthalmol. 2005;89:835–840. doi:10.1136/bjo.2004.057372
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Chowdhury RK, Dora J, Das P. Awareness of eye donation among medical and nursing students: a comparative study. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2021;69(6):1511–1515. doi:10.4103/ijo.IJO_2053_20
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Ronanki VR, Sheeladevi S, Ramachandran BP, Jalbert I. Awareness regarding eye donation among stakeholders in Srikakulam district in South India. BMC Ophthalmol. 2014;14:25. doi:10.1186/1471-2415-14-25
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Egnasious J, Srinivasan K, Ramesh SV, Noushad B. Knowledge, awareness, perception, and willingness towards eye donation among the literate working population. Asian J Ophthalmol. 2018;16:7–18. doi:10.35119/asjoo.v16i1.336
   Google Scholar
• Kacheri A, Mudhol R, Chougule S, Reny R, Kamath S, Kamath R. Eye donation: awareness, knowledge, willingness, and barriers among paramedical and allied health science students at a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India. ScientificWorldJournal. 2022;2022:5206043. doi:10.1155/2022/5206043
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Sushma H, Warad VG, Kshetrapal M. Knowledge, attitude and practice about eye donation among medical and paramedical students in tertiary eye care hospital. Kerala J Ophthalmol. 2016;28:112. doi:10.4103/kjo.kjo_30_16
   Google Scholar
• Singh MM, Rahi M, Pagare D, Ingle GK. Medical students’ perception on eye donation in Delhi. Indian J Ophthalmol. 2007;55:49–53. doi:10.4103/0301-4738.29495
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Lal B, Usgaonkar U, Narvekar H, Venugopal D. Awareness and knowledge on eye donation among allied health sciences, medical, and nursing students in Goa. J Curr Ophthalmol. 2018;30(3):255–262. doi:10.1016/j.joco.2018.02.002
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Biswas J, Bandyopadhyay S, Das D, Mandol KK, Saha I, Ray B. A study in awareness about eye health care and eye donation among secondary level students of North Kolkata, India. Kathmandu Univ Med J. 2010;8(31):317–320. doi:10.3126/kumj.v8i3.6219
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Bharti MK, Reddy SC, Tajunisah I, Ali NA. Awareness and knowledge on eye donation among university students. Med J Malaysia. 2009;64:41–45.
   PubMedGoogle Scholar
• Kumar S, Shukla US, Agarwal P. Awareness and knowledge on eye donation among students at Bhopal. Natl J Community Med. 2012;3:685e689.
   Google Scholar
• Singh M, Bhardwaj A, Ahluwalia S, Saini S, Qadri S. Eye donation: perception and promoting factors among medical students. Indian J Community Health. 2012;24:175e178.
   Google Scholar
• Jayashree MP, Pujar C, Gadag VR, Salagar M, Pattnaik M. Comparison of awareness of eye donation among medical and paramedical students. J Clin Res Ophthalmol. 2017;4:6–9.
   Google Scholar