Perception related to Eye Donation in Science College Students of Himmatnagar City of Gujarat State

Background: Eye sight is very important for human life. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that every 5 seconds someone goes blind. Globally, 37 million people are blind, and of these nearly 10 lakh blind people are willing for corneal transplantation. Awareness and practice of eye donation should be encouraged in community to cop up with this huge demand. Aims: The aim of the study was to assess the perception regarding eye donation among the science college students as proxy to general population. Materials and Methods: This is cross sectional study. Data was collected from students of randomly selected science college at Himmatnagar city. Data collected from the participants were analysed using percentage and descriptive statistics. Results: The participants were well aware of eye donation (93.4%) quoting media as a major source of information for their knowledge. Out of the 334 students, 73.9% were willing to pledge and 26.1% students did not believe in pledging their eyes. Conclusion: The findings of the study showed that overall knowledge about eye donation among students was good, however relatively less number of students were ready to pledge for eye donation

Health Profile of Elderly Persons in Urban and Rural Field Practice Areas of Medical College Himmatnagar, Gujarat

Background: Care of old age people is becomes a big social problem due to urbanization, nuclearisation of family, migration, and dual career. The objective of this study was to assess socio-demographic condition and health problems among elder people in rural and urban population. Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out in RHTC and UHTC of a Medical College in Himmatnagar during Jan to Sept 2016. House to house survey was carried out and 175 elder individual more than 60 years age were included in the study. Results: 34.9% & 64.6% participants were illiterate and 13.4% % 8.0% were residing alone, 17.2% & 32.6% had restricted mobility, 30.3% & 38.3% had inadequate sleep problems, 22.9% & 27.4% was overweight, higher blood pressure among 57.14% & 37.71%in rural and urban area respectively and mean BMI was 22.9 ± 12.82 & 23.59 ± 4.68 in rural and urban area respectively. Conclusion: Major requirement for interventions to ensure the health of this susceptible group and to initiate a policy to address the care and needs of the disabled elderly