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. 2026 Jun 1;15:133. Originally published 2026 Jan 29. [Version 4] doi: 10.12688/f1000research.175620.4

Table 1. Questions administered through electronic form in this study.

No. Question/Opinion Answer/Option
Section A – Awareness of concept of body donation
1 Are you aware of body donation? yes/no
2 If yes, knowledge about the body donation was obtained from medical school/family/relatives/friends/celebrities/newspaper/television/journals/social media/others
3 If the answer to the above question was others, please specify it yes/no
4 Can a person of age less than 18 years have the right to donate the body?
5 Are you aware of the concept of whole-body donation?
6 Willingness to donate to your body later in life?
7 Will you educate your family members or relatives for body donation?
8 Do you have any members in the family who have pledged to the body for donation?
9 Are you interested in conducting body donation awareness programs?
Section B – Body donation and cadaveric dissection
10 What is the source of cadavers in anatomy dissection hall? donated bodies/unclaimed bodies/both/not aware
11 Are u aware of cadaver shortage in medical colleges? yes/no
Section C – Guidelines for the body donation
12 Are you aware of guidelines of body donation? yes/no
13 Are you aware of pledging self-body for donation?
14 Signing a pledge form for voluntary body donation is mandatory/non mandatory
15 Are you aware of the requirement of documents needed for pledging? yes/no
16 If yes, what documents are required? Aadhar card/birth certificate/voters ID/driving license/passport/employer ID/vaccination card/details of comorbidities
17 The time frame to procure the donated body is 6 hours/12 hours/24 hours/48 hours
18 The time frame to procure the unclaimed body is
19 Can Autopsied bodies be accepted? yes/no
Section D – Logistics of body donation
20 Do you know about authorities/agencies who could be approached for the body donation? yes/no
21 Can a body from another state accepted?
22 Transport expenses of the body from another district must be borne by the institute yes/no/depends on the institutional guidelines
Section E – Incentives for body donation
23 Is it a good idea to incentivize the donor? yes/ no/neutral
24 Is it a good idea to issue a ‘donor card’? strongly agree/agree/neutral/disagree/strongly agree
Section F – Donor with comorbidities
25 Can people living with HIV donate body? yes/no
26 Can Individuals infected with hepatitis-B donate their body?
27 Opinion regarding acceptance of a body of a COVID-19 death?
28 Can people affected by chronic skin disease donate their body?
29 Can a long-standing COVID-19 person donate their body? yes/ no/neutral