Table 2. Responses to the questionnaire by the undergraduate students based on various criteria.
*p-value is significant (<0.05)
VBD: Voluntary body donation, KP: Known person, NKP: Not a known person
| Questions | Response | Age | Gender | Religion | Knew a person who pledged for VBD | ||||||
| Group 1: 17 to 19 years | Group 2: 20 to 23 years | Female | Male | Hindu | Christian | Muslim | Atheist | KP | NKP | ||
| Are you aware of VBD? | Yes | 82 (89.13%) | 6 (85.71%) | 21 (84%) | 67 (90.54%) | 80 (87.91%) | 2 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 12 (85.71%) | 76 (89.41%) |
| No | 10 (10.86%) | 1 (14.28%) | 4 (16%) | 7 (9.45%) | 11 (12.08%) | 2 (14.28%) | 9 (10.58%) | ||||
| p-value | 0.574 | 0.286 | 1.000 | 0.483 | |||||||
| Are you aware of the purpose of VBD? | Yes | 88 (95.96%) | 6 (85.71%) | 23 (92%) | 71 (95.94%) | 86 (94.51%) | 2 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 13 (92.86%) | 81 (95.29%) |
| No | 4 (4.34%) | 1 (14.28%) | 2 (8%) | 3 (4.05%) | 5 (5.05%) | 1 (7.14%) | 4 (4.71%) | ||||
| p-value | 0.312 | 0.290 | 1.000 | 0.541 | |||||||
| Do you know the process of pledging for VBD? | Yes | 80 (86.96%) | 7 (100%) | 23 (92%) | 64 (86.49%) | 79 (86.81%) | 2 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 3 (100%) | 12 (85.71%) | 75 (88.24%) |
| No | 12 (13.04%) | 2 (8%) | 10 (13.51%) | 12 (13.19%) | 2 (14.29%) | 10 (11.76%) | |||||
| p-value | 0.593 | 0.7 25 | 1.000 | 0.677 | |||||||
| Attitude towards whole body donation to medical science by a stranger | Agree | 54 (58.70%) | 5 (71.43%) | 17 (68%) | 42 (56.76%) | 54 (59.34%) | 2 (100%) | 2 (66.67%) | 3 (100%) | 12 (85.71%) | 47 (55.29%) |
| Neutral | 34 (36.96%) | 1 (14.29%) | 6 (24%) | 29 (39.19%) | 32 (35.16%) | 1 (33.33%) | 1 (7.14%) | 34 (40%) | |||
| Disagree | 4 (4.45%) | 1 (14.29%) | 2 (8%) | 3 (4.05%) | 2 (8%) | 1 (7.14%) | 4 (4.71%) | ||||
| p-value | 0.217 | 0.273 | 0.453 | 0.043* | |||||||
| Attitude toward whole-body donation to medical science by a family member | Agree | 47 (51.09%) | 5 (71.43%) | 15 (60%) | 37 (50%) | 48 (52.71%) | 2 (66.67%) | 2 (66.67%) | 12 (85.71%) | 40 (47.06%) | |
| Neutral | 34 (36.96%) | 2 (28.57%) | 7 (28%) | 29 (39.19%) | 33 (36.26%) | 1 (50%) | 1 (33.33%) | 1 (33.33%) | 2 (14.29%) | 34 (40%) | |
| Disagree | 11 (11.96%) | 3 (12%) | 8 (10.81%) | 10 (10.99%) | 1 (50%) | 11 (12.94%) | |||||
| p-value | 0.628 | 0.602 | 0.616 | 0.035* | |||||||
| Attitude toward whole-body donation to medical science by self | Agree | 61 (66.30%) | 5 (71.43%) | 20 (80%) | 46 (62.16%) | 61 (67.03%) | 2 (66.67%) | 3 (100%) | 13 (92.86%) | 53 (62.35%) | |
| Neutral | 24 (26.09%) | 2 (28.57%) | 4 (16%) | 22 (29.73%) | 25 (27.47%) | 1 (33.33%) | 1 (7.14%) | 25 (29.41%) | |||
| Disagree | 7 (7.61%) | 1 (25%) | 6( 8.11%) | 5 (5.49%) | 2 (100%) | 7 (8.24%) | |||||
| p-value | 1.000 | 0.330 | 0.034* | 0.127 | |||||||