Are Corneal Patients Accepting the Transplantation? The Cases of University of Gondar, Tertiary Eye Care and Training Center, Ethiopia

Autor:	Wossen Mulugeta, Destaye Shiferaw Alemu, Yordanos Tsehai Jemberu, Getasew Mulat Bantie, Yared Assefa Woldie
Rok vydání:	2019
Předmět:	0301 basic medicine Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty Article Subject Behavior change communication medicine.medical_treatment Eye care Logistic regression 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine lcsh:Ophthalmology Medicine Corneal transplantation business.industry Corneal Diseases Odds ratio eye diseases Confidence interval Transplantation Ophthalmology 030104 developmental biology lcsh:RE1-994 030221 ophthalmology & optometry sense organs business Research Article
Zdroj:	Journal of Ophthalmology Journal of Ophthalmology, Vol 2019 (2019)
ISSN:	2090-0058 2090-004X
DOI:	10.1155/2019/4560649
Popis:	Background. For so long, corneal diseases have been known as one of the leading causes to blindness in the global. This blindness might be due to failure to accept the corneal transplantation. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the prevalence and the root challenges for corneal transplantation acceptance at the University of Gondar tertiary eye care and training center, Ethiopia. Methods. An institution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among patients who had an indication for corneal transplantation at the University of Gondar tertiary eye care and training center since January 1, 2017, up to October 30, 2018. A structured questionnaire was used to collect the data and entered into Epi-Info 7 software and analyzed using SPSS version 20. Simple logistic regression was used to identify the associated factors of corneal transplantation acceptance. Associations between outcome and exposure variables were expressed by the adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence interval and p value Result. A total of 116 patients with a mean age of 51 (±21) years participated in the study. The overall acceptance level of corneal transplantation was only 38.8% (95% CI: 29.93, 47.66). Patients with poor knowledge [AOR = 2.41; 95% CI: 1.90, 6.48] and an unfavorable attitude [AOR = 6.33; 95% CI: 2.42, 16.54] were significantly associated with the acceptance of corneal transplantation. Conclusion. The study revealed that the corneal transplantation acceptance level was very low. Hence, the government and other concerned stakeholders should give due emphasis to the awareness creation and behavior change communication strategies to increase the acceptance level of corneal transplantation.
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