The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Blood Donation Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai, India

Background and Objectives: Blood transfusion is a core service within health care systems and individuals who donate their blood in the treatment of sick human for different conditions such as surgery, accident, delivery and treatment of different diseases. The donation of blood by voluntary non-remunerated blood donors is recognized as being crucial for the safety and sustainability of national blood supplies. The study is carried out to find out the prevalence of blood donors and to explore the knowledge, attitude and practice on voluntary blood donation of medical students.Material and Methods: Data were collected from a semi-structured questionnaire and technique was self-administered questionnaire to know the level of knowledge, attitude and practices of blood donation and analyze by using SPSS software among 167 medical students of Shree Medical and Technical College, Chitwan. The scoring system in knowledge was included. Attitude was assessed by using 3-point Likert scale. Results: Majority of respondents (92.8%) had heard about voluntary blood donation and almost all (97.2%) respondents knew the correct meaning of voluntary blood donation. About 38.9% had poor knowledge regarding voluntary blood donation and 61.1% of the respondents had good knowledge on voluntary blood donation and mean knowledge was found to be 56.17%. Those respondents who had work experience had significantly low level of knowledge than who did not have work experience (p = 0.0025).Conclusion: To increase the prevalence of voluntary blood donation, specific campaigns involving interactive awareness sessions on blood donation should be organized, targeting the youth, motivating them to become regular voluntary blood donors should be conducted. Efforts must be undertaken to bring the knowledge and positive attitude towards students into application in future to achieve the goal of 100% VBD.Janaki Medical College Journal of Medical Sciences (2015) Vol. 3 (2): 21-28

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

10.53350/pjmhs2115103130 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 15 (10) ◽

pp. 3130-3133

Author(s):

Nazia Mumtaz ◽

Sadia Akbar ◽

Sana Fatema ◽

Ikram Din Ujjan ◽

Kiran Aamir ◽

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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

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Assessment of the level and factors associated with knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation among medical and paramedical personnel in ALERT Hospital, Ethiopia

Journal of Public Health Research ◽

10.4081/jphr.2021.1860 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Melese Yeshambaw Teferi ◽

Simon Genet Woldesenbet ◽

Solomon Asnakew Feleke ◽

Ermias Hundito Abebe ◽

Hawult Taye Adane ◽

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Keyword(s):

Blood Supply ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Blood Donors ◽

Blood Donation ◽

Communicable Disease ◽

Addis Ababa ◽

Supply System ◽

Targeted Interventions ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Background: Though there was a high blood supply need in response to high communicable disease and increased emergency conditions; the practice of health professionals and non-health professionals on voluntary blood donation is still unexpectedly low in Ethiopia. Health professionals and non-health professionals working in the health sectors are pivotal in taking the lead to reverse the effect of inadequate blood supply system in the country. Therefore, the study aimed to understand the level and contributing factors of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of voluntary blood donation among health and non-health professionals in ALERT Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.Design and Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted among health professionals and non-health professionals in ALERT hospital from 5 to 30 June 2018. A total of 394 hospital staffs participated in this study. A well-structured self-administered questionnaire was used to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice about voluntary blood donation. The statistical analysis was carried out using R.Results: A total of 203 (51.5%) participants were females. Only 142 (36%) of the participants had voluntary blood donation practice. Among these, 60 (42.3%) of them were donated blood more than once. Occupation is the only factor significantly associated with blood donation practice; health professionals had almost two-fold donation practice than non-health professionals with (AOR=1.62; 5%CI: 1.02, 2.57, p=0.042). Occupation has also a strong relationship with knowledge, health professionals had better knowledge than non-professionals with (AOR=2.39; 95% CI: 1.39, 4.12; p=0.002). The result also showed that the educational status of the participants was strongly associated with the blood donors’ attitude (AOR=3.62; 95% CI: 1.1, 11.93, p=0.035). One hundred and two (72.3%) of the blood donors were motivated to donate blood for charity, 133 (94.3%) individuals were felt good after blood donation and lack of request was the major reason 88.6% that causes the respondents not to donate blood frequently. Conclusions: Low blood donation practice of health professionals and non-health professionals was identified from this study. Occupation had significantly associated with blood donation practice. Therefore, targeted interventions aimed at mobilizing hospital staffs and develop accessible blood donation centers are recommended to reverse the effect of inadequate blood supply system in Ethiopia.

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

European Scientific Journal ESJ ◽

10.19044/esj.2018.v14n30p206 ◽

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.

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Voluntary Blood Donation among Healthcare Workers at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria

Journal of Blood Transfusion ◽

10.1155/2013/797830 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 2013 ◽

pp. 1-6 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Benedict Nwogoh ◽

Usimenahon Aigberadion ◽

Alexander Ikenna Nwannadi

Keyword(s):

Teaching Hospital ◽

Healthcare Workers ◽

Blood Donors ◽

Blood Donation ◽

Level Of Education ◽

Benin City ◽

Attitude And Practice ◽

Increased Risk ◽

The University ◽

Knowledge Attitude And Practice

Introduction. Adequate and safe blood supply has remained a challenge in developing countries like ours. There is a high dependency on family replacement and remunerated blood donors in our environment which carries an attendant increased risk of transfusion transmissible infection. Objectives. The objectives of this study were to assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of voluntary blood donation among healthcare workers (nonphysicians) and to identify and recruit potential voluntary blood donors. Methodology. This was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City. A total of 163 staffs were recruited. Pretest questionnaires were used to assess their knowledge, attitude, and practice of voluntary blood donation. Statistical Analysis. The responses were collated and analyzed with the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 16. The association between blood donation practice and gender of respondents, category of staff, and level of education was tested using Chi-square and Fisher’s tests where appropriate. were considered statistically significant. Results. The median age of the respondents was 32 years (18–56) with females accounting for 55.6% (90). A total of 74.8% (122) attained tertiary education, and 55.8% (91) of respondents were senior staffs. The majority has good knowledge and positive attitude towards donation; however, only 22.1% (36) have donated blood with 41.7% (15) of these being voluntary. Male workers were more likely to donate (). There is no significant association between blood donation and level of education. Conclusion. There is a strong disparity between the knowledge, attitude, and practice of voluntary donation amongst healthcare workers.

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