Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) towards deceased organ donation (DOD) of the parents/ guardians of children with end stage kidney disease (ESKD).

Methods: This cross sectional survey was conducted between April and December 2020. A structured questionnaire was filled to assess the sociodemographic information, knowledge, attitude, and practice about DOD.

Results: A total of 130 participants with a mean age of 37±7 years were included in the study. Among all, 66 (50.8%) claimed that they had prior knowledge about DOD. However, on further questioning, no one knew who can be the deceased organ donor. Their responses about registration place and permission from religion were positive in 24(36.4%) and 31(47.0%) cases respectively. Regarding attitude, positive responses to willingness to get registered and discussing DOD in social circle were given by 37(56.1%) and 21 (31.8%) participants respectively. Only one participant was registered as donor. The remaining 64(49.2%) participants who had no prior knowledge were given relevant information and were interviewed after one week. Only 24(37.5%) showed willingness to get registered as donors and 06 (9.4%) participants discussed the topic of DOD in their social circle.

Conclusions: The results showed that the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of people who are most desperate for transplantation of their children were poor and did not change significantly even after providing them relevant information.

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