Overview
Objective: To explore the various factors that affect the likelihood of Kenyan women to donate their placental tissues for therapeutic purposes.
Principal Investigator
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Introduction: The innermost layer of the placenta, the amniotic membrane, has shown great promise in the field of ophthalmology as a graft for reconstructing the ocular surface. In Kenya, however, its procurement is financially prohibitive for most as there is no local source of amniotic membrane. As such, surgical outcomes for ocular surface disorders often have compromised outcomes due to graft unavailability. Understanding the perceptions towards placental donation among Kenyan women may provide a solution to this.
Objective: To explore the various factors that affect the likelihood of Kenyan women to donate their placental tissues for therapeutic purposes.
Inclusion Criteria: All pregnant women aged 18 and above attending the Kenyatta national hospital antenatal care clinic.
Methods: A hospital based, mixed method, qualitative study. Involving focus group discussions with 5 participants (n=5) homogenized by age, with new group interviews up to saturation point, as well a self-administered questionnaire distributed to 106 separate participants (n=106). Data gathered from the focus group discussions will be analyzed by inductive thematic analysis using the Atlast.ti software, while data from the questionnaires will be analyzed using the latest SPSS software.
