Table 4.

Participants' awareness and knowledge of eye donation.

Sl No	Topic	Response	No.	%
1	Awareness of eye donation	Yes	140	93.3
		No	10	6.6
2	Sources of awareness	Mass media	69	46
		Lectures	39	26
		Organ donation campaigns	17	11.3
		Doctor	5	3.3
		Hospital/clinic	16	10.7
		Don't know	4	2.7
3	Awareness of eyes being donated after death	Aware	80	53.3
		Unaware	70	46.7
4	Age limit for eye donation	Yes	50	33.3
		No	100	66.6
5	Optimal time for retrieval of eyes after death	Within 6 hrs.	81	54
		As soon as possible	25	16.7
		Within 24 hrs./week	5	3.3
		Don't know	39	26
6	Knowledge about ideal part transplanted	Entire eye	13	9
		Lens	4	3
		Cornea	85	56
		Don't know	48	32
7	Awareness of the hospital having an eye bank.	Yes	94	63
		No	56	37
8	Personal knowledge of an eye donor	Yes	27	18
		No	123	82
9	Awareness regarding donation by donors using spectacles	Yes	72	48
		No	78	52
10	Prior consent required for eye donation	Yes	122	81
		No	28	19
11	Awareness on charges associated with eye donation	Yes	44	29
		No	106	71
12	Awareness on eye donation not being the cure for all types of blindness	Yes	66	44
		No	84	56
13	Awareness on confidentiality of the donor and recipient	Yes	81	54
		No	69	46
14	Awareness on scope of benefits from one donation	1 unsighted person benefitted	54	36
		More than 2 unsighted persons benefitted	17	11.3
		Two unsighted persons benefitted	79	52.7