Attitude to blood donation in Saudi Arabia

Gader, Abdel Galil M. Abdel; Osman, Abdel Moniem A; Gahtani, Furgah H Al; Farghali, Mohamed N.; Ramadan, Ali H.; Al-Momen, Abdel Kareem M.

doi:10.4103/0973-6247.83235

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“…Education remained a significant predictor of knowledge level after adjusting for all possible confounders. The overall attitude of the studied subjects was neutral, with only 31.6% reporting a positive attitude to donation, a figure that reflects generally, an unfavorable attitude to donation, compared to 99% in a previous study by Abdel Gader et al21 This unfavorable attitude to donation in the present study may reflect the possible negative impact of an incident of HIV transmission to a young Saudi girl following blood transfusion24 on public perception to donation. Males had a better attitude than females, which is the opposite of what had been found in a similar study 13.…”

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confidence: 76%

“…This may explain why transmission of infection was not stated as a reason for not donating in the current study. Fear has been considered as the most commonly reported negative attitude on blood donation 2,13,14,18,21. In the current study, fear of the sight of blood was the reason for not donating in 6% and 11% of males and females, respectively.…”

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Public awareness of blood donation in Central Saudi Arabia

Abolfotouh¹,

Alassiri²,

Al-Omani³

et al. 2014

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IntroductionIn Saudi Arabia, voluntary donors are the only source of blood donation. The aim of this study was to assess the level of public knowledge and attitude toward blood donation in Saudi Arabia.MethodsUsing a previously validated questionnaire that comprises 38 questions to assess the levels of knowledge, attitudes, and motivations towards blood donation, 469 Saudi adults who attended different shopping malls in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia were surveyed. Multiple regression analyses were used to identify the significant predictors of blood donation, with the significance set at P<0.05.ResultsApproximately half of all subjects (53.3%) reported that they had previously donated blood, 39% of whom had donated more than once. The knowledge percentage mean score was 58.07%, denoting a poor level of knowledge, with only 11.9% reporting a good level of knowledge. The attitude percentage mean score towards donation was 75.45%, reflecting a neutral attitude towards donating blood, with 31.6% reporting a positive attitude. Donation was significantly more prevalent among males than females (66% versus 13.3%; P<0.001). After adjustment for confounders, a higher knowledge score (t=2.59; P=0.01), a higher attitude score (t=3.26; P=0.001), and male sex (t=10.45; P<0.001) were significant predictors of blood donation. An inability to reach the blood donation centers and a fear of anemia were the main reasons for females not donating blood (49.9% and 35.7%, respectively), whereas a lack of time was the main reason for males (59.5%).ConclusionPrevalence of blood donation was less than satisfactory among the Saudi public, probably due to misconceptions, poor knowledge, and unfavorable attitude to donation. Educational programs are necessary to increase the level of knowledge and improve the attitude of the Saudi public toward blood donation. Providing mobile blood collection units nearer to individuals’ places of work to reduce their time costs of donating is a necessity.

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Public awareness of blood donation in Central Saudi Arabia

Abolfotouh¹,

Alassiri²,

Al-Omani³

et al. 2014

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“…Our results are similar to several other studies. 1 , 6 , 9 A study in a poor locality in India observed the most common reason of not donating blood was the thinking that blood donation has harmful effects (50%) and many people said that they don’t have any reason to donate blood (25%). 18 There is utmost need to approach those people who have never been approached and they intend to donate blood.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The state-of-the art hospitals are providing free and highly specialized services, like open heart surgery, transplant surgeries, cancer treatment, and also providing blood to patients of bleeding disorders, and other hematological disorders. 1 All these services require ample and continuous blood supply from donors. Another imperative factor in KSA is road traffic accidents which needs lot of blood on emergency basis.…”

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“…10 The survey regarding knowledge, attitude and misconceptions may help to blood donation centers to develop their future policies to motivate people to donate blood and to urge donors to keep on donating blood on a regular basis and to inspire non-donors to start donating blood. 1 Therefore this study was undertaken to determine the knowledge, reasons for not donating blood, misconceptions and motivations towards blood donation among a sample of university students in KSA.…”

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Knowledge, misconceptions and motivations towards blood donation among university students in Saudi Arabia

Baig¹,

Habıb²,

Haji³

et al. 2013

Pak J Med Sci

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Objective: To determine the knowledge, misconceptions and motivations towards blood donation among university students in KSA. Methods: This cross sectional study was carried out at the King Abdulaziz University, Rabigh campus, Jeddah, KSA. A total of 326 adult males were interviewed and each individual completed a questionnaire in Arabic language on various aspects of blood donation. Data was analyzed using SPSS-16. Results: Out of 326 individuals, 264 (80.98%) were non donors and 62 (19.02%) were donors, 13% donated once, 5% donated twice and 1% donating regularly. Regarding the knowledge part of the questionnaire many of the respondents did not have the basic knowledge and the two common sources of information for blood donation were friends (53%), and TV (24%). The major motivations for donors were to help family or friend (30%), saving others lives (28%), religious reasons (20%) and altruism (12%). Among the respondents the most prevalent misconception was contracting infection like HIV or Hepatitis B&C (26%). Conclusion: The knowledge of blood donation is not up to the mark and many misconceptions exist among young Saudi University students.

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Voluntary and non‐voluntary blood donations among doctors

Saleh

Khalil

Al-Saleh

et al. 2021

Health Science Reports

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Background Physicians may be an important source of blood donations as they are more likely to be familiar with the importance of donating and the donation process. The aim of this study is to report physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards voluntary and non‐voluntary blood donations. Study Design and Methods This was a cross‐sectional study conducted at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Saudi Arabia. One‐hundred‐and‐sixteen physicians and dentists responded to an online structured questionnaire sent to their institutional emails. Results Sixty‐eight percent of participants (79% of males and 43% of females) reported previously having donated blood. Eighty‐six percent of donors had previously donated on a voluntary basis, whereas 31% of donors had previously donated for a specific person. A recent donation within 5 years was associated with the younger age group and knowledge of the minimum interval between donations. Fifty‐six percent of participants agreed with using replacement donations. Compared to participants in the youngest age group (25‐35 years), older participants in the age groups (46‐55 years) and (>55 years) were less likely to express intention to donate in the next 6 months (OR 0.289, P = .022 and OR 0.083, P = .004, respectively). Participants reporting poor nutritional status or other medical reasons as a barrier to donating blood were less likely to intend to donate (OR 0.146, P < .001). Among previous donors, intention to donate was associated with a recent donation within 1 year (OR 27.13, P = .002) and having had a pleasant donation experience (OR 14.98, P < .001). Conclusion Blood donation practices are strongly tied to physicians' gender and age and their knowledge of the donation process. The most significant barrier to blood donation was found to be nutritional and medical status.

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Attitude to blood donation in Saudi Arabia

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Public awareness of blood donation in Central Saudi Arabia

Public awareness of blood donation in Central Saudi Arabia

Knowledge, misconceptions and motivations towards blood donation among university students in Saudi Arabia

Voluntary and non‐voluntary blood donations among doctors

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