scholarly journals BLOOD DONATION;

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 1806-1811
Author(s):  
Nazish Saqlain ◽  
Nisar Ahmed ◽  
Aatika Ahmed ◽  
Sidra Hareem
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Kappa Statistics ◽  
Single Session ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effective Interventions ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Donation Process ◽  
Donation Frequency ◽  
Donated Blood

The participation of women in blood donation process has been scarce equallyin low & high resourced countries. Every year 3.5 million blood donations are collected inPakistan with very little percentage of females donating blood. Objective: The objective of thestudy was to assess the knowledge, attitude and beliefs of female attendants accompanyingthe patients. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Setting: The Children’s Hospital & Instituteof Child Health, Lahore, regarding blood donation. Period: 1st June to 31st December, 2015.Material & Methods: 306 females of age 16-50 years accompanying a patient in the hospitalwere randomly selected. After taking informed consent, a self-designed questionnaire validatedby Kappa Statistics program was distributed to the participants. Data was analyzed by usingSPSS 22. Results: The mean age of female attendants was 29.57 years. 31.7% had neverreceived any education. Only 12.7% had donated blood before. 93.8% had the idea that ablood transfusion is a lifesaving procedure but only half of them knew the common bloodgroups. 87.3% knew that both males and females can donate blood but 75.5% thought thatmales are better donors than females. There was a lack of knowledge about certain importantfacts including transfusion transmissible infections, donation frequency, duration and volumeof blood collected during a single session. Majority females were of the view that they are toofragile to donate blood and severe and prolonged anemia can develop after donating blood.Conclusion: There is a need to develop effective interventions for the education & motivationof potential female donors towards blood donation in order to increase the donor turnover rate.

scholarly journals Saving lives through voluntary blood donation: learning from medical students in ruvuma, southern Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 62-69
Author(s):  
Moshi Moshi Shabani ◽  
Kauke Bakari Zimbwe ◽  
Soha Sobhy ◽  
Bernard Mbwele
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Positive Attitude ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Medical Knowledge ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Future ◽  
Male Sex ◽  
Donated Blood ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Background: Medical students present a high merit and potential source of blood in hospitals due to their medical knowledge, physiological potential by age however their use has been rarely described in southern Tanzania. Objectives: The main objective of the study was to assess the knowledge, attitude, willingness for the future blood donation among medical students of southern, Tanzania. Methods: A cross-sectional study to assess awareness, knowledge, attitudes, willingness and factors associated blood donation among medical students in Ruvuma, Southern Tanzania was conducted from March to June 2018. A self- administered questionnaire was used and data was analyzed by IBM Corp, SPSS Version 24.0. Results: A total of 176 students were assessed at an average age of 25.8 ± 3.6 years. Eighty medical students (45.5%) ever donated blood while among them 66 (82.5%) of those being out of volunteering. About 46 (57.5%) students had a repeated experience for blood donation. Majority of students had positive attitude toward blood donation 159 (90.3%), often 135 (77%) identified voluntary blood donation to be useful and 133 (75.6%) were willing to donate in the future. Factors that were significantly associated with blood donation were age above 30 (OR=0.18, p<0.001), male sex (OR=3.69, p=0.001), past HIV screening (OR=2.59, p=0.029), knowledge of one’s own blood group (OR=4.86, p<0.001,) and knowledge of the safe duration to donate a unit of blood (OR=2.42, p=0.024). Conclusion: Medical students present a high awareness, positive attitude, and high intention to donate blood to achieve the WHO goal for non-remunerated blood donation.

scholarly journals Knowledge and attitudes towards blood donation among students of the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences at King Abdulaziz University

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
RAED FELIMBAN ◽  
Saeed Kabrah ◽  
Hadeel Al Sadoun ◽  
Raed Al Serihi
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Sciences ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Blood Donations ◽  
King Abdulaziz University ◽  
Donated Blood ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire ◽  
Positive Knowledge

Abstract Background: This study aimed to assess knowledge about and attitude towards blood donation among students at the Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences at King Abdulaziz University. In Saudi Arabia, the shortage of blood donors is a major challenge in blood banks. This could be due to low levels of community knowledge and unfavorable attitudes. Methods: A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted between November 2017 and July 2018. A total of 350 students were randomly selected and interviewed using a well-structured and validated electronic self-administered questionnaire. Results: Among the 350 students, the mean age was 22; 345 (98.5%) of the students were Saudi Arabian. Ninety-three (26.6%) of the students had a prior experience of blood donation, while 257 (73.4%) had never donated blood before. Three-hundred-forty-nine (99.8%) of the students had a good attitude towards blood donation. The majority (86.9%) of the students had good knowledge about blood donation, while 13.1% had poor knowledge. Of the 350 students, 240 (68.6%) strongly agreed that increasing blood donation awareness could increase blood donations. Thirty-five (15.1%) of students strongly agreed that donating blood causes anemia and 54 (15.4%) strongly agreed with the statement: “Blood donation can transmit diseases”. Conclusion: These results reflect a strong positive knowledge about and attitude towards blood donations. The negative responses from students provide a platform for a future campaign that should recruit donors and motivate them to donate blood.

scholarly journals Blood Donation Patterns in The Light of COVID-19 Pandemic Distress: A Cross-Sectional Study From Syria

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ameer Kakaje ◽  
Sabina Mansuor ◽  
Ayham Ghareeb ◽  
Osama Hosam Aldeen
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Good Reason ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Crucial Effect ◽  
Donated Blood

Abstract Introduction Syria has suffered for nine years of war and there were huge demands for blood during and after the lockdown from Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19).Methods Online questionnaires were distributed to Social Media groups after two weeks of the 10-week full lockdown to determine blood donation patterns. They also included stress, anger, and COVID-19 distress questions.Results The study included 1423 participants, 899 (63.2%) of which were females. Around 48.5% have donated blood, of which 33.3% donated only once in their lifetime. Not having a good reason to donate blood was the main declared reason for not donating, and obtaining a document was the main reason for donating in (64.8%) of participants who had donated blood. Stress, anger, and being distressed to get infected did not have a crucial effect on blood donation, and its patterns. Losing someone close and being endangered from war were associated with more frequent blood donation in contrast to being distressed from war which was more associated with distress from getting infected.Conclusion Distress from COVID-19 was not the main reason for not donating blood. Spreading the culture of volunteer blood donating is crucial as COVID-19 exposure with blood donation can be avoided.

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG MEDICAL STUDENTS IN ACS MEDICAL COLLEGE & HOSPITAL

2021 ◽  
pp. 161-163
Author(s):  
Hannah Roberts O R ◽  
Saranya Bai S ◽  
Sangeetha N ◽  
Mahendranath P
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Students ◽  
College Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Online Platforms ◽  
Study Population ◽  
Donated Blood

OBJECTIVE: To determine the awareness and knowledge of blood donation among undergraduate medical students MATERIALS AND METHODS: A cross sectional study was conducted at ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai, from st nd rd th January to March 2021.The study population was 400 medical students of 1 , 2 , 3 and 4 year. Pre-tested and self-structured equestionnaire was sent to the study population and the responses were viewed using a separate email id. RESULTS: Of the 400 medical students, 41.5% males and 58.5% females. The mean age is 20.6 years. 368 (92.0 %) are aware of voluntary blood donation. Online platforms or web portals are used by 267 (66.8 %) to assess information about Voluntary Blood Donors. Only 11 (2.7 %) have donated blood regularly. CONCLUSION: We infer that the knowledge and awareness on voluntary blood donation was comparatively higher among males and nal year students. The facts pertaining to voluntary blood donation, when conveyed by the online platforms were found to have greater impact on the current youth generation. Hence, this study recommends organising regular talks and interactive sessions as a must to bridge the gap in knowledge, to identify and remove misconceptions and motivate them for voluntary blood donation on a regular basis.

scholarly journals Epidemiological Profiles of Foreign-Born and US-Born Hispanic Blood Donors in a Major Metropolitan Area in the United States

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adelbert B. James ◽  
Cassandra D. Josephson ◽  
Marta I. Castillejo ◽  
George B. Schreiber ◽  
John D. Roback
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
The United States ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Foreign Born ◽  
Rates Of Return ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Major Metropolitan Area ◽  
The Us ◽  
Donated Blood

Background. The explosive growth of Hispanics in the US makes this population a significant and untapped source for blood donation. Methods. A cross-sectional study was performed to evaluate blood donation behaviors and demographics of foreign-born and US-born Hispanic donors between 2006 and 2009 in metropolitan Atlanta, GA, USA. Bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regression were used to assess factors associated with foreign-born donors. Results. 5,119 foreign-born and 11,841 US-born Hispanics donated blood. Foreign-born Hispanic donors were more likely than US-born donors to be blood group O (57.6% versus 52.0%; P<.001) and more frequent donors (2.2 versus 2.0; P<.001). Cuban-born donors had the highest rates of return donation (63.2%). In contrast, Mexicans, the most prevalent subpopulation among foreign-born Hispanic donors (31.8%), had the lowest rates of return donation (42.0%). Conclusions. The heterogeneity found among Hispanic donors in this study is valuable for the design of recruitment strategies to increase blood donations.

scholarly journals A Study to Assess the Barriers And Facilitators of Blood Donation Among University Students Of South India

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-210
Author(s):  
Abhishek Chaturvedi ◽  
Anup Kumar ◽  
Bhaskar Tiwary ◽  
Pallabi Roy ◽  
Lochan Khullar ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Medical Emergency ◽  
P Value ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Voluntary Work ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Effective Measure ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
Donated Blood

Introduction: Donated blood is very crucial and life-saving for those who require large volumes of blood in any medical emergency. Many blood donation camps are routinely organized to fill this void of demand and supply. In a university campus associated with a hospital, it is important that student volunteers should contribute towards the increase in demand for blood during times of crisis. This makes it imperative to understand their perception of this noble cause. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 354 volunteers of a university campus using convenience sampling. The primary outcome was to assess the factors that influence voluntary blood donation among the volunteers. The adjusted association was performed using logistic regression. R Console was used for statistical analysis. Odds ratios and p-value < 0.05 with 95% confidence intervals were calculated to determine the level of significance. Results: A total of 354 responses were received and analysed. Among these, 38.98%, (n=138) participants had donated blood at least once. Factors that were significantly associated with blood donation were gender, being a member of an NGO, frequency of volunteering activities, fear of needles, and belief that they would acquire the disease during blood donation. Conclusion: The majority of the participants had good knowledge of blood donation, but their attitude and practice did not fall along the same lines. The study also highlighted that attitude towards donating blood is high among the participants who are associated with the NGOs or participate in voluntary activities. Voluntary work induces a ‘sense of giving something to the society which appears to be facilitating factor and an effective measure to encourage blood donation among youth.

scholarly journals Satisfaction and intention to return for donation among non-remunerated blood donors in a tertiary hospital in Malaysia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pei Pei Tan ◽  
Chee Tao Chang ◽  
Jernih Abdul Rahman ◽  
Sabariah Mohd Noor
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Tertiary Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Tertiary Referral Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
High Satisfaction ◽  
Donation Process ◽  
Intention To Return ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

Abstract BackgroundIn Malaysia, blood supply relies mainly on non-remunerated blood donors. This study aimed to assess the satisfaction and experience of blood donors during the blood donation process and their intention to return for donation in future.Materials and MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study conducting using a self-administered questionnaire among blood donors. Study was conducted in a tertiary referral hospital and two mobile sites in the Perak state of Malaysia. The questionnaire was initially developed in the Malay language with 5-point Likert scale. The questionnaire comprised of three domains: i) sociodemographic characteristics ii) donor’s satisfaction towards staff iii) donors’ experience and satisfaction towards the donation process. ResultOf the 400 questionnaires distributed, 369 (92.3%) were analysed. The mean age of the donors was 35.98±10.67 years. Most of the donors were male (75.1%), of Malay ethnicity (60.2%) and regular donors (65.6%). Majority of the blood donors reported high satisfaction towards the interviewer (99.0%), blood taking skill of the staff (97.5%), politeness and friendliness of the staff (99.5%) and communication with the staff (98.9%). Minority of the blood donors expressed dissatisfaction towards the parking spaces (13.4%), refreshment (0.8%), and the blood donation operation hours (0.8%). Generally, the respondents had high overall satisfaction level (99.2%) and high intention to donate blood again in the future (98.9%). Conclusion Blood donors in the current study were highly satisfied towards the staff and blood donation process. Translation of high intention to return for donation to actual donation behaviour require further exploration in future studies.

scholarly journals Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Factors Associated with Voluntary Blood Donation among University Students in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elionora Elias ◽  
Wilhellmuss Mauka ◽  
Rune N. Philemon ◽  
Damian J. Damian ◽  
Michael J. Mahande ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Attitudes And Practices ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Willingness To Donate ◽  
The Future ◽  
Donated Blood

Background. Understanding the knowledge and awareness of blood donation among potential blood donors in the population, like young people, and the associated attitudes and practices is important. Methodology. This was a cross-sectional study whereby a self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information from the consenting participants. Results. A total of 422 participants were enrolled. Their mean age was 24.2 (SD 3.6) years. Of the 422, 30% have ever donated blood. 55% of those who had ever donated were repeated blood donors. Majority of the participants (93%) had positive attitudes towards blood donation and 88% were willing to donate in the future. Factors that were significantly associated with ever donating blood were male gender, knowing a person who has donated blood, knowledge of the amount of blood donated, willingness to donate in the future, and not expecting any postdonation reward. Discussion. High awareness, positive attitude, and high intention to donate in the future should be used to underscore the need to educate the young people on the value of blood donation in saving lives and to give them correct information on overall requirements for blood donation.

scholarly journals Factors influencing blood donation among the workers of a tertiary care hospital, Chitradurga: a comparative study

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 1004
Author(s):  
Sameeya Furmeen S. ◽  
Mayuri Reddy Reddy
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donation ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Care Hospital ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Willingness To Donate ◽  
Donated Blood

Background: Blood donation is very vital to save human life as there is no substitute for human blood. Even though the hospital workers are well aware about blood donation, many of them are not into voluntary blood donation. Hence the present study focuses on the hospital workers.Methods: A cross-sectional study with purposive sampling was done in the workers of Basaveshwara Medical College. After obtaining verbal consent, the data was collected by a pre-designed, pre-structured, self-administered questionnaire. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 21.Results: A total of 258 workers participated, the mean age was 30.83±7.44; 97 (37.6%) were donors and 161 (62.4%) were non-donors. The donors were mostly in the age group 31-40 yrs (48.1%), males (63.3%), those who were single (40.2%), graduates (45.4%), belonging to socio-economic class I (56.7%). Most were voluntary donors (70.1%), 48.5% had donated 2-5 times, 24.7% were regular donors with 37.5% donating yearly. The predominant reason for not donating blood among the non-donors was ‘no request for blood’ (63.4%). Around 175 (67.8%) were willing to be voluntary donors in the future, whereas 57 (22.1%) were willing to donate only for family and friends and 26(10.1%) were not willing to donate blood. Willingness to donate was found to be significantly associated with age, education, occupation, socio-economic class, source of information and the type of donation.Conclusions: Males and those in higher socio-economic class predominantly donated blood. Donors considered blood donation as a humanitarian cause and felt it gives moral satisfaction than the non-donors. Non-donors thought blood donation leads to weakness/anemia and is harmful to health than the donors. 

scholarly journals Blood donation: a comparison between medical students and non-medical students

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
pp. 361
Author(s):  
Muneer M. Musa ◽  
Kamil M. Shaaban
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Poor Knowledge ◽  
Potential Source ◽  
Donated Blood ◽  
Self Administered Questionnaire

<p class="abstract"><strong>Background:</strong> Voluntary blood donation represents the main source of blood in Sudan. While students are a potential source of blood, this study aim to address the knowledge, attitudes, barriers and motives of both medical and non-medical students in order to recruit them for donating blood to meet the demands of the patients.</p><p class="abstract"><strong>Methods:</strong> A facility based descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Khartoum University between January and March 2019.  Structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants. The Data were analyzed by the Statistical Package for Social Science software version 23.  </p><p class="abstract"><strong>Results:</strong> Of the total 308 students, 75% were medical students and 25% were non-medical. Only 34 (11%) had ever donated blood. 97.1% don’t donate regularly. 79.4% of the donations were voluntary. Males were significantly more donors than females (p value=000). Students had poor knowledge about blood donation requirements but demonstrated better knowledge regarding blood borne diseases. More medical students knew their blood group than non-medical students. Not being asked to be the most reported reason for not donating blood (55.1%). Most of the donors reported that a relative or a friend needs blood was their motivation factor to donate blood (64.7%).</p><strong>Conclusions:</strong>Information about blood donation services and requirements should be available to the students. In addition, campaigns and educational sessions regarding the safety and demands of blood donation is crucial to address the fears and recruit students as eligible source of blood<p class="abstract"> </p>

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