High prevalence of blood donor test-seeking behavior among health sciences undergraduate students

Zucoloto, Miriane Lucindo; Martínez, Edson Zangiacomí

doi:10.1590/0037-8682-0476-2019

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“…A high prevalence of blood donor test-seeking behavior (14.4) was observed by Miriane et al in their study done on health science undergraduate students. 14 Higher notification rate in first time donors was also observed by Kumari et al in her study. 5 Test seeking behaviour also explains higher response rate in unmarried donors in my study as it is a hassle-free way to get tested for TTI's.…”

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Impact of notification and counselling of reactive blood donors at a super-speciality hospital

Syal

Kukar

2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Donor notification is emphasized as an efficient method of curtailing TTIs recently. But its limitations like low notification rate and lack of follow up of treatment of notified donors are still unaddressed. The aim of the study was to analyze the response rate of notified reactive donors, to elicit hidden risks factors and to see impact of donor notification on reactive donors.Methods: This retrospective study was conducted in the blood bank of a 350 bedded multispecialty hospital in north India. Data was collected from reactive blood donor counselling register over a period of one year. After six months a telephonic interview was conducted of all the reactive donors who responded to notification calls and came for counselling to inquire if they went for further testing and treatment after they were notified.Results: There were 1345 whole blood donations over a period of 14 months of which 29 (2.15%) were reactive donors. Notification rate was 48.27%. During counselling 4 donors revealed high risk history which they had denied during pre-donation counselling. After telephonic conversation with these notified donors, we analyzed that 7 (50%) donors were taking treatment while 3 donors informed that they got themselves tested from a private lab and were reported negative. Two donors informed that they had not gone for any testing anywhere while we could not trace 2 donors due to change of contact numbers.Conclusions: Curtailing TTI’s through donor notification by blood banks alone is an unattainable mission. A centralized computer data system connecting all blood banks and interlinking of government agencies and blood banks like the recently started NVHCP is need of the hour.

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Impact of notification and counselling of reactive blood donors at a super-speciality hospital

Syal

Kukar

2022

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“… 22 Whereas, another study by Gebresilase H. W. et al reports religion to be one of the significant predictors of knowledge regarding blood donation among students. 23 Similarly, 6% and 7.6% of non-donors indicated religion and cultural belief as to the barrier for not donating blood before, as reported by Javaeed A. et al 14 , and Ugwu N. I. et al 7 respectively. Our study population consists of the Hindu population mostly, and there were no reported restrictions imposed by the Hindu community over blood donation practice.…”

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Blood Donation Practice among Undergraduate Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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Introduction: Voluntary blood donation is a reliable source of increasing the demand for blood transfusion. Medical students are the potential pool of blood donors. This study aims to find the prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students of a medical college in Nepal. Methods: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted in a medical college of Nepal among students studying from the first year to final year MBBS. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review Committee of the Nepalese Army Institute of Health Sciences (Ref no. 245). A stratified random sampling technique was used to collect data. A self-administered pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect data. Data were analyzed using Microsoft Excel 2016. Results: The prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students of the medical college is 41 (22.20%) (17.35-27.05 at 95% Confidence Interval). The practice of blood donation is seen more among students of the final year 15 (35.71%) and the least among first year 3 (8.57%). Most of the donors, 24 (58.54%), have donated blood only once before. The most common reasons for donating and not donating blood before are ‘behavior of altruism’ 12 (29.27%) and ‘I am not fit/disapproved’ 44 (30.56%) respectively. Conclusions: This study shows less prevalence of blood donation practice among medical students. It points to the need for more extensive studies to explore the factors deterring medical students from donating blood. Definitive strategies are also needed to encourage medical students to increased voluntary participation in blood donation.

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High prevalence of blood donor test-seeking behavior among health sciences undergraduate students

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Impact of notification and counselling of reactive blood donors at a super-speciality hospital

Impact of notification and counselling of reactive blood donors at a super-speciality hospital

Blood Donation Practice among Undergraduate Students in a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Descriptive Cross-sectional Study

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