Résumé
Purpose: Corneal diseases constitute a signi?cant cause of visual impairment. There is considerable backlog for corneal transplantation due to lack of awareness. Aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding eye donation among Medical, Nursing and Allied health sciences students of a medical college in Kerala. A cross-sectional descriptive Methods: study was conducted among all first year Medical, Nursing and Allied health sciences students of a medical college in Kerala. A standard predesigned questionnaire was given after obtaining informed consent, to assess their knowledge, attitude and practice regarding eye donation. The data was analysed using statistical package SPSS version 21.0 IBM corp. Results: Out of the 285 first year students , 268 responded (94.03%) and majority were females (73.5%). Participants were well aware of eye donation (98.9%). Media was the major source of information for their knowledge (79.5%). Although 94.3% of the students considered eye donation as a service to mankind, only 69.8% were willing to pledge their eyes. Objection by family members (58.6%) was the major reason for not pledging their eyes. 92.1 % were willing to give awareness regarding eye donation to others. Awareness about eye donation was high and knowledge wa Conclusion: s fair. However, the attitude and practice showed mixed responses. Thus strategies and programmes have to be devised to increase the knowledge , attitude and practice regarding eye donation among students in medical colleges so that they can act as good motivators for the general public .