A study to assess the effectiveness of video assisted teaching on knowledge & attitude regarding eye donation among non medical degree students at selected colleges, Kumarapalayam.
Corneal diseases (corneal ulcer, trauma, bullous keratopathy following
cataract surgery, keratoconus, corneal dystrophiesand trachoma) constitute significant
causes of visual impairment and blindness worldwide, especially in developing
countries. Corneal transplantation offers the potential for sight restoration to those
who are blind from corneal diseases. The number of patients waiting for corneal
transplantation is growing due to insufficient number of eyedonations in India.Eye
donations are dependent on people willing to pledge their eyes for donation and on
relatives to honor that pledge upon the death of the person. Organ &tissue shortage is
a global problem. Every day an average of 18people are dying in India. Assessment of
knowledge and attitude on organ & tissue donation is essential for better
understanding of the community on different aspects of organ & tissue donation. Lack
of proper knowledge regarding the organ and tissue donation process among public
and Non medical degree students seems as one of the major reason for organ shortage
in India. Objectives: To assess the effectiveness of Video assisted teaching on
Knowledge and attitude regarding eye donation among non medical degree students.
Design: Pre experimental one group pre test &post test design was used. Setting:
J.K.K. Nattaraja college of arts and science. Sample size: Total sample size was 60
non medical degree students. Sampling technique: Simple random sampling
technique was used to select the sample. Methods: Pre test was done by using
structured questionnaires and attitude scale took around 30minutes after that Video
teaching programme was given by using LCD Projector on eye donation was done
and post test was done by using the same scale on the 8th day. Results: From the
findings of the study it can be concluded that Most 39(65%) of the non medical
degree students were in the age group of 18-22years. Most 41(68.33%) of the non
medical degree students were females. Most 48( 80%) of the non medical degree
students were hindus. Most 25(41.67% ) of the non medical degree students knew the
information regarding eye donation through television and 20(33.33%) of the non
medical degree students knew the information regarding eye donation through the
news papers. The paired ‘t’ value for knowledge regarding eye donation was 26.1 and
the paired ‘t’ value for attitude regarding eye donation was 43.26. The ‘r’ value of
post test knowledge and attitude score is 0.234 which is less than the table value ‘t’
(58)=0.254 it shows there is no correlation between the knowledge and attitude
regarding eye donation. There is no significant association between post test scores of
knowledge & attitude with their demographic variables like age, gender, religion
marital status, type of family, family income, educational status, place of living,
source of awareness. But there is a significant association between post test scores of
knowledge with their educational status. Conclusion: Based on the findings mean
post test knowledge and attitude scores was higher than the mean pre test knowledge
and attitude scores regarding eye donation. This result indicates video teaching
programme on eye donation was found to be significantly effective in improving
knowledge and attitude among non medical degree students
