Attitude and awareness towards organ donation in western India

Figures & data

Table 1. Sociodemographic profile of participants aware of term organ donation.

No.	Socio-demographic variable	Frequency (n = 172)	Percentage
1	Sex
	Male	112	65.1
	Female	60	34.9
2	Age (years)
	18–30	76	44.2
	30–45	58	33.7
	45–60	30	17.4
	60–75	8	4.7
3	Education
	Primary	8	4.7
	Secondary	30	17.4
	Higher education	28	16.3
	Graduation	58	33.7
	Post-graduation	46	26.7
	Informal education	0	0.0
	Diploma	2	1.2
	Can read and write only name	2	1.2
	Illiterate	0	0.0
4	Occupation
	Student	34	19.8
	Housewife	34	19.8
	Govt. employee	10	5.8
	Non-govt. employee	26	15.1
	Volunteer	6	3.5
	Self–employed	48	27.9
	Retired	14	8.1
	Unemployed	0	0.0
5	Religion
	Hinduism	172	100.0
	Non-Hinduism	0	0.0

Table 2. Sociodemographic profile of participants unaware of term organ donation.

No.	Socio-demographic variable	Frequency (n = 28)	Percentage
1	Sex
	Male	12	42.9
	Female	16	57.1
2	Age (years)
	18–30	12	42.9
	30–45	10	35.7
	45–60	4	14.3
	60–75	2	7.1
3	Education
	Primary	2	7.1
	Secondary	8	28.6
	Higher education	0	0.0
	Graduation	8	28.6
	Post-graduation	4	14.3
	Informal education	0	0.0
	Diploma	0	0.0
	Can read and write only name	2	7.1
	Illiterate	4	14.3
4	Occupation
	Student	6	21.4
	Housewife	8	28.6
	Govt. employee	2	7.1
	Non-govt. employee	0	0.0
	Volunteer	4	14.3
	Self-employed	4	14.3
	Retired	2	7.1
	Unemployed	2	7.1
5	Religion
	Hinduism	28	100.0
	Non-Hinduism	0	0.0

Table 3. Source of information about organ donation.

Sources	Percentage
Doctor/hospital	47
Internet/online resources	4.04
TV	9.09
Radio	1.01
Newspapers or magazines	7.07
Friend or colleague	31.31

Table 4. Are you aware of any local or international legislation with regards to organ donation?

Legislation	Percentage
Local legislation	16.27
International legislation	5.81
Both from the above	3.48
None from the above	74.41

Table 5. Consent for organ donation.

Variable	Percentage
Consent for organ donation of a living person
Donor	59
Family	33
Spouse	8
Consent for organ donation after death
Spouse/family	100
Friends	0

Table 6. Do you believe that there is a danger that donated organs could be misused, abused or misappropriated?

Never	36.04%
Sometimes	59.30%
Often	3.4%
All of the time	1.1%

Table 7. Willing for organ donation.

	Male	Female	Total
Would never consider donating	0 (0%)	4 (6%)	4
will think about it	58 (52%)	34 (57%)	92
Would only like to donate under  other special circumstances	16 (14%)	12 (20%)	28
Would definitely want to donate  irrespective of circumstances	38 (34%)	10 (17%)	48
Total	112 (100%)	60 (100%)	172

Table 8. Who would you like to donate to?

Variable	Percentage
Smoker	2.32
Non-smoker	97.67

Table 9. Who would you like to donate to?

Variable	Percentage
Young person (≤30 years)	43.18
Middle aged (30–50 years)	50
Elderly person (>50 years)	6.81

Table 10. Who would you like to donate to?

Variable	Percentage
Mentally retarded person	20.23
Mentally sound people	79.77

Table 11. Who would you like to donate to?

Variable	Percentage
Physically disabled	42.05
Not physically disabled	57.95

Table 12. Who would you like to donate to?

Variable	Percentage
Person belonging to same religion	21.83
Person belonging to different religion	78.16

Table 13. Who should make decisions about organ donation in case of unclaimed dead bodies?

Variable	Percentage
Charitable organization	23.86
Medical colleges/doctors	51.13
Police	17.04
A judge	7.95
No one	0

Table 14. Would like to donate to.

Family member	25%
Stranger	8%
Friend	2%
Can be anyone	65%

Table 15. Which of the following factors holds the greatest importance near you when donating an organ?

Relation to the person	9.3%
Age of recipient	11.62%
Religion of recipient	3.48%
Health status of recipient	76.74%

Table 16. Does your religion allow organ donation?

Yes	87.20%
No	0%
Don’t know	12.80%