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Int Ophthalmol ; 44(1): 289, 2024 Jun 27.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-38937283

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: To evaluate the impact of an educational video in improving awareness of eye donation among non-medical healthcare workers at a tertiary health centre. METHODS: A socio-behavioural study on knowledge and attitude towards eye donation was conducted among 373 non-medical healthcare workers through a printed semi-structured questionnaire before and after viewing a bilingual educational video. The responses were evaluated and scored. RESULTS: Pre-intervention, only 5.4% of the participants had adequate knowledge, which improved significantly to 71.6% after watching the video (P < .001). Respondents with elementary school education showed the greatest change in knowledge. Pre-intervention, 72.4% were willing to donate their eyes, which significantly increased to 89.5% after watching the video. Pre-intervention, 66.22% showed a "highly favourable" attitude, which improved to 97.86% after watching the video. CONCLUSION: The 25 min video about eye donation and eye banking significantly changed the participants' knowledge, willingness, and attitude. Hence, media-based (video) awareness platforms may be valuable for improving the general public's knowledge and attitude towards eye donation. This may help in enhancing the eye donation rate in the long term.


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Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice , Health Personnel , Tertiary Care Centers , Tissue and Organ Procurement , Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Surveys and Questionnaires , Tissue and Organ Procurement/methods , Health Personnel/education , Middle Aged , Young Adult , Tissue Donors/psychology , Video Recording , Health Education/methods
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J Burn Care Res ; 42(4): 836-838, 2021 08 04.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33528555

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Prevention and early management of postburn cicatricial ectropion is the best strategy to avoid ocular complications, with poor visual prognosis in extreme cases. A 51-year-old man presented with diminution of vision and absolute inability to close both eyes, 3 months after thermal burn injuries to face, upper limbs, and trunk. His best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) was 1/60 in BE. He had bilateral extremely severe ectropion involving both upper and lower lids with complete inability to close the eyes. The ensuing exposure keratitis developed secondary infection by Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in the right eye and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the left eye. His extreme ectropion prevented infection healing, so its release and full-thickness skin grafting was done when partial resolution of infection was noted. After 3 months, he had moderate residual ectropion in BE; vascularized corneal scar in the inferior part of the right eye (BCVA:20/40) and adherent leucoma in left eye (BCVA:HM). Prioritizing ectropion surgery in our extreme case for infection control, facilitated corneal healing. Our case highlights the extreme consequences of not taking preventive measures or of managing incident ectropion following thermal injury to the face.


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Burns/complications , Ectropion/etiology , Ectropion/therapy , Facial Injuries/complications , Keratoconjunctivitis/etiology , Keratoconjunctivitis/therapy , Burns/therapy , Facial Injuries/therapy , Humans , Male , Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus , Middle Aged , Risk Factors , Visual Acuity
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