• Mrs. Babita Kumari
• Dr. Priyanka Chaudhary
• Ms Arshdeep Kaur
• Ms. Anshika Chandel; Ms. Bhawana Thapa
• Ms. Chanderrekha Thakur,Ms. Hemlata Thakur

It is the donation of biological tissue or organ of the human body from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of transplantation Organ donation - A gift of life. Organ donation day is observed every year on 13th August. Due to lack of awareness, there are myths and fears in people mind about organ donation. The organ donor can play a big role in saving others' life. The organ of the donor can be transplanted to the patient who needs it urgently. The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge and attitude regarding organ donation among adults. A quantitative research approach and descriptive research approach design was used and the research setting was in Baru Sahib Distt. Sirmour (H.P.).Total 274 adults were selected with convenience sampling technique. Written consent was taken from the participants who were selected as a sample. Self structured knowledge questionnaire & attitude scale was used to assess the knowledge and attitude. The data was analyzed by using SPSS version 23 in term of descriptive (mean and standard deviation) and inferential statistics (chi-square).Results depicts that current study knowledge regarding organ donation was majority of adults have average knowledge (76.3%), good knowledge (10.9%) and poor knowledge (12.8%) regarding organ donation. There was no association between the knowledge scores and the socio-demographic variables of adults, except age i.e. significant (p=0.35). Attitude regarding the organ donation among adults depicts that majority of adults has most favorable attitude (82.5%), neutral attitude (16.8%) and Unfavorable attitude (0.7%).There was association between demographic variables and knowledge. There was no association between the attitude and socio-demographic variable. It was calculated by chi square formula using SPSS

Knowledge, Attitude, Organ donation, Adults

"“A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING ORGAN DONATION AMONG ADULTS RESIDING IN BARU SAHIB DISTRICT SIRMOUR (H.P)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no.d438-d443, August-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208353.pdf

"“A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING ORGAN DONATION AMONG ADULTS RESIDING IN BARU SAHIB DISTRICT SIRMOUR (H.P)", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 8, page no. ppd438-d443, August-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2208353.pdf