Study of Knowledge and Attitude about Brain Death and Donation of Cornea

Abstract

We investigated the knowledge and attitude of brain death thought by students in the department of optometry,
and investigated the knowledge and attitude of donating cornea to see the relationship. The survey was
conducted from September 1 to December 20, 2015 in the subjects of the students who were informed of
the study goals and contents, and agreed. We examined gender, grade, religion, etc. And they looked into
whether there were any chronic patients in the family, people who wanted to receive organ donation, and
whether they wanted to donate their organs or why. Emotional attitudes about donating cornea and key
knowledge of brain death are related, it has been shown. Behavioral attitudes toward donating cornea are
linked to key levels of brain death and legal knowledge of brain death. Emotional attitude and cognitive
attitude scores for donating cornea are related to behavioral attitude scores. The knowledge of donating
corneas has been shown to affect the attitude of donating cornea. Therefore, a variety of promotions and
educations are needed to promote the donation of cornea.