scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice on Voluntary Blood Donation in Shkodra City

2018 ◽  
Vol 14 (30) ◽  
pp. 206
Author(s):  
Vera Asllani Gjinaj ◽  
Zamira Shabani ◽  
Kristjana Pjetergjokaj
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Descriptive Study ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Blood is a liquid mass that is produced from the bone marrow and it circulates in our body. The only source for donation is by a human. In Shkodra City, the main donation is the family donation and about 400 units are provided by voluntary donation organized by the Albanian Red Cross, Shkodra Branch. These voluntarily donated units go mainly for people suffering with thalassemia. This study is a cross-sectional, transversal, punctual, and descriptive study. It was developed from January – March 2018 in Shkodra region among volunteer blood donors. The people who have been offered as volunteers of blood donation during this period (about one hundred people) have previously completed a standardized closed questionnaire. This questionnaire was self-reported with their permission. All the collected data was analyzed by SPSS version 20 Program.

An Insight into the Knowledge, Attitude and Practice towards Blood Donation among the Residents of Hyderabad Sindh

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 3130-3133
Author(s):  
Nazia Mumtaz ◽  
Sadia Akbar ◽  
Sana Fatema ◽  
Ikram Din Ujjan ◽  
Kiran Aamir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
General Public ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Health Workers ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Objective ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Public Data ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background and Aim: In developing countries with a high prevalence of bleeding disorders, safe and adequate blood supply has persisted as a major challenge. Blood transfusion and donation in Pakistan are based on replacement donor’s primitive practice whereas voluntary donors worldwide replaced replacement donors. The present study objective was to evaluate the blood donor’s knowledge, attitude, and practice towards blood donation to measure their understanding of blood donation. Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted from November 2020 till June 2021 at the Diagnostic and Research Laboratory, LUMHS Hyderabad. A pre-tested, self-administered survey form was utilized to investigate a total of 350 respondents. Out of the total, 160 were healthcare workers, 90 were medical students, and 100 were general public. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20. Results: Of the total 350 respondents, the prevalence of blood donors and non-donors were 114 (32.6%) and 236 (67.4%) respectively. Out of 114 blood donors, 87 (76.3%) were male and 27 (23.7%) were female donors. The overall mean age was 37±6.45 years. The prevalence of knowledge, attitude, and practice among health workers was 56%, 64%, and 41% whereas students had 77%, 56%, and 22%, and the general public had 19%, 48%, and 78% respectively. The main reasons for not donating blood were fear of needles or sight of blood, weight loss/gain, lead to anemia, decreased immunity, and no one asked to donate with respective prevalence 11%, 17%, 39%, 21%, and 41%. About 56% of donors donated blood for the first time followed by 37% more than once. Conclusion: The knowledge, attitude, and practice survey concluded that a rational design, voluntary blood donation campaign, targeted strategies, and awareness program could be planned to utilize and increase blood donors on a community level. Keywords: Blood donation, Donors, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation among university students in Basrah, Iraq: A comparison between medical and non-medical students

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (6) ◽  
pp. 62-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasim N Al-Asadi ◽  
Asaad Q. Al-Yassen
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
History Of ◽  
Knowledge And Attitude ◽  
The University ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Young students can play a fundamental role in blood donation to save lives of many people. Therefore, studying factors contributing to their knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation is essential.Aims and Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge and attitude of Basrah University students about blood donation.Materials and Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study involved students of two colleges in Basrah University. It was carried out during the period from January to April 2017. A non-probability purposive sampling method was used in selecting the participants for this study. Information on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge and attitude towards blood donation were collected through a structured self-administered questionnaire.Results: A total of 422 students were targeted, of these 393 (93.1%) completed the questionnaire.Only 51 (13%) of total respondents had a history of blood donation, of those 64.7% donated only once. The most mentioned reasons behind not donating were; not being asked to donate (24.6%), inconsideration of donation (11.1%), and fear of drawing blood (8.8%). Adequate knowledge was detected in 66.7% and positive attitude in 68.7%. Students of College of Medicine were younger, more knowledgeable, and donate more than those of College of Administration and Economics.Conclusion: A substantial number of the university students had inadequate blood donation knowledge. Education programs and motivational campaigns should be enhanced.Asian Journal of Medical Sciences Vol.9(6) 2018 62-67

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Blood Donation among Graduating Undergraduate Health Science Students at the University of Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia

1970 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulugeta Melku ◽  
Fikir Asrie ◽  
Elias Shiferaw ◽  
Berhanu Woldu ◽  
Yalelet Yihunew ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Northwest Ethiopia ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Science Students ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Model ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Health Science Students ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

BACKGROUND: Blood transfusion is one of the most essential needs to manage patients suffering from various medical conditions. Nowadays, voluntary blood donors are the only source of blood in the blood banks. There is a great need to create awareness among the population at large and students about blood donation to maintain a regular blood supply. Health Science students can be used as best model to lead this initiative. Hence, the aim of this study was to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice regarding blood donation among graduating undergraduate Health Science students.METHODS: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among graduating undergraduate Health Science students at University of Gondar using structured pre-tested self-administered questionnaire. Stratified sampling technique was employed to select study participants. A total of 225 students participated in the study. Data was entered into and analyzed using SPSS software version 20. Mean score was used to categorize the knowledge and attitude. Binary logistic regression model was fitted to identify factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practice regarding blood donation.RESULT: Among 255 undergraduate Health Science graduate students, 123(48.2%) and 202(79.2%) had adequate knowledge about and positive attitude regarding blood donation, respectively. About 12.5% of them had ever donated blood before. Age ≥25 years was significantly associated with practice of blood donation (AOR=4.33; 95%CI: 1.60, 11.76).CONCLUSION: Although the majority of the students had positive attitude regarding blood donation, blood donation practice was low. Age was found to be significantly associated with blood donation practice. Targeted strategies should be designed to increase awareness of health science students about blood donation. Strategies which encourage the students to donate blood voluntarily should also be designed. KEYWORDS: Knowledge, attitude, practice, blood donation

scholarly journals Knowledge, attitude and practice of haemovigilance amongst healthcare professionals in Nashik, Maharashtra, India

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (5) ◽  
pp. 986
Author(s):  
Prashant P. Shivgunde ◽  
Smruti M. Besekar ◽  
Khushboo M. Bhojwani ◽  
Divya G. Bhojwani
Keyword(s):  
Healthcare Professionals ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Transfusion Reaction ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Reaction Reporting ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
Validated Questionnaire ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Haemovigilance Programme of India was launched in 2012 with the purpose to identify, analyse and learn the complications related to transfusion and blood donation, in order to avoid such complications in future. Though it is essential to identify the Adverse Transfusion Reactions (ATR) to reduce the incidence and make transfusion easier; there are rare reports available about knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) of Healthcare Professionals (HCP) for haemovigilance.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, pre-validated questionnaire designed for assessing the KAP, the possible ways to improve transfusion reaction reporting and causes of underreporting were distributed among 220 Healthcare Professional (HCP) in Nashik, Maharashtra.Results: The response rate of the study was 93%. Amongst them 58% HCP had poor knowledge while only 9% had good knowledge about haemovigilance. According to respondents, training to the HCP, CME’s, making reporting compulsory and launching of a toll-free helpline number will mark a milestone in improving transfusion reaction reporting. Legal liability issue and lack of time & knowledge were the main factors which discouraged them from reporting.Conclusions: Overall, most of HCP in Nashik have a positive attitude towards transfusion reaction reporting but knowledge regarding the haemovigilance concept is poor and the majority of them never reported ATR. Hence, our study demands increased awareness and continued training to strengthen the haemovigilance system, especially ATR reporting.

scholarly journals Assessment of knowledge, attitude and practice of reporting of adverse drug reaction among family physicians in Surat city

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 820
Author(s):  
Kirti Saxena ◽  
Sachendra K. Srivastava
Keyword(s):  
Adverse Drug Reaction ◽  
Drug Reaction ◽  
Family Physicians ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Know How ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
Attitude And Practice ◽  
The Family ◽  
First Contact ◽  
Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Majority of the patients first contact the family physicians (FP) for treatment. If adverse drug reaction (ADR) occurs necessary measures are taken and ADR managed but usually not reported. The present study was conducted to assess knowledge, attitude and practice of reporting of ADR among family physicians.Methods: The study was a prospective cross-sectional questionnaire based study. The correctly filled forms from 90 family physicians were analysed based on 20 questions (knowledge 10, attitude 5, and practice 5).Results: Majority of family physicians were aware regarding the occurrence of ADR and 59% of them were aware that all ADR should be reported. Most of (71%) the physicians do not know there is ADR reporting form. Majority of them (93%) are aware that reporting of ADR is necessary that will increase patient safety (92%). About 78% of physician were aware that ADR can be reported by any of health care professional. However, about 71% do not know how to report and where to report ADR. Only few of them (19%) have reported ADR.Conclusions: The family physicians of Surat have adequate knowledge about pharmacovigilance and aware that ADR should be reported. However, most of them have not reported any ADR due to various reasons.

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