Voluntary Blood Donation among  Students - A Cross-Sectional Study on  Knowledge and Practice vs. Attitude

Raghuwanshi, Babita; Pehlajani, N K; Sinha, Mithilesh Kumar

doi:10.7860/jcdr/2016/21957.8733

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“…Deterrents to blood donation were similar to all other areas, dominated by the lack of opportunity and lack of being asked when the overall willingness to donate was rather high, ranging between 63 and 88% in non‐donors visiting patients, college students and medical students (Kowsalya et al, ; Mishra et al, ; Raghuwanshi et al, ). Other major deterrents were fear of needles and pain, being physically unfit and donation causing weakness or loss of vitality (Table ).…”

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“…In these circumstances of blood shortage and medium rate of voluntary non‐remunerated donations, a substantial number of studies examining blood donors from virtually all parts of India have been conducted and published in the last 5 years (Agrawal et al, ; Kowsalya et al, ; Dubey et al, ; Mishra et al, ; Shenga et al, ; Uma et al, ; Raghuwanshi et al . ; Kulkarni & Kulkarni, ). Only one study examined the general adult population, but several looked at mixed population of hospital visitors, health professionals and university students, as well as donors.…”

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Current approaches to increase blood donations in resource‐limited countries

2019

Transfusion Medicine

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SUMMARY Background Low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMIC) suffer from chronic or seasonal blood shortage. The first review was published in 2007. Methods The review of literature since 2005 presented here uncovered a fairly large number of articles justifying the grouping of blood donation issues into five geographical areas sharing common background. These are Sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA), Muslim countries, India, China/South East Asia and Latin America/Caribbean islands (LA&C). Results SSA countries start collecting at 16–18 years of age in schools where female donors can be reached better than in other settings. Community‐oriented culture favours family donors who need, similar to volunteer non‐remunerated donors (VNRD), to be actively induced to repeat donation. Muslim countries share the contradiction of religion encouraging blood donation but restrain women from donating. The active involvement of religious leaders and the progressive easing of female participation are the keys to increasing blood donation. In India, ‘social duty’ is a major inducement to blood donation but also benefits and rewards. Ways of involving female donors by reducing the donation age to 16 years and providing donor education in schools need to be considered. In China and East Asia, the option of small‐volume donation impairs blood collection without being justified by scientific evidence but is a concession to culture. Reducing the donation age would also help the supply. In LA&C, the concept of ‘social capital’ was developed as a complement or alternative to the theory of planned behaviour. Conclusions Strategies to improve blood donation and repeat donation should be innovative and adapted to local or regional culture and environment.

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confidence: 99%

Current approaches to increase blood donations in resource‐limited countries

2019

Transfusion Medicine

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“…Similarly they were likely to enjoy a higher socio-economic status (p<0.00001). This association of donation behaviour with education [12,14,16,17,22] and income [12] has been welldocumented, but it is noteworthy that both these factors are dependent variables, and one may well lead to the other. However, our study demonstrated that the knowledge level in a majority of subjects in both groups was just satisfactory.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…[15, 17,22] Owing to a high school dropout rate in India, the majority of subjects in both categories had education below the twelfth standard. However, donors were likely to have a higher educational level (p<0.05), with 40% of them having attended college.…”

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A Comparative Study between Blood Donors and the General Population in Uttar Pradesh, India, to Analyse the Triggers for Donation

Dubey¹,

Dua²

2017

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Background:Despite its large population, access to safe blood is disproportionately low in India. To recruit more members from the general population into the pool of voluntary donors, it is essential to understand the differences in their knowledge, attitudes and practices; and utilise the existing resources to eliminate them. Methods:A quasi-experimental study was conducted on 180 donors and an equal number of potential donors randomly selected from the community, using a structured questionnaire containing questions on attitudes and practices. Knowledge was assessed by interview by a single observer.Results: Donors were found to have a highly significant difference (p<0.00001) from the general population in age, gender distribution, marital status and socioeconomic status and significant difference in educational level (p<0.05). Knowledge about blood donation practices was significantly higher in donors (p=0.0002). Replacement donors constituted 82.2% of the donor category, while voluntary donors dominated (52.3%) in the community. Commonest reasons for non-donation in both groups included apathy. Misconceptions regarding pain, weakness, and increased chances of infection were prevalent. Donors were less likely to perceive blood donation as risky (p<0.00001). There was a highly significant difference in the attitude towards incentives (p<0.00001), the donor group supporting and the community denouncing them. Replacement credits were the most popular incentive. In the donor group, a markedly higher (p=0.0003) proportion had a history of previous donations (55% vs.36.1%). Most of them had a higher number (p<0.00001) and greater frequency of donation. Donors generally reported a better donation experience (p=0.00003) and less complications than the general population (p=0.0002). Conclusions:There is a need to recruit women and young donors from the community, and promote donor retention. Blood donation drives play important role in creating awareness, educating the masses and dispelling myths and misconceptions.

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“…This goes in agreement with many literature studies that did not report any significant insufficient knowledge about blood donation among medical students. [6][7][8] Knowledge about blood donation, probability of transmitted infection, and the diseases than can be transmitted through blood donation and transfusion was higher among elder grades especially the fourth, fifth, and sixthgrade students, probably with accumulated educational studies.…”

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Knowledge attitude and practice of blood donation in Hail University

Alanazi

Elagiba

Aloufi

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Medical students should be well educated about blood donation and its importance, and their knowledge reflects what will be transferred to the community. Thus, the aim of this study was to explore the knowledge, attitude, and practice of blood donations among medical students in Hail University. Methods: Three hundred medical students from 2nd to 6th grade participated in this self-administered questionnaire that included their demographic data, questions about their previous experience with blood donation, and questions about their knowledge and attitudes about blood donation. Results: Out of the 300 students (50 males and 50 females), among them about 88% of students knew their blood group. About 75% knew that infections can be transmitted through blood donation, especially HIV (90%), HBV (73%), HCV (71.3%), and malaria (48%). One third believed that the minimum hemoglobin level for blood donation is 12.5 g/L in men and 12 g/L in women. Negative attitudes towards blood donation included donation to relative request only (24%), paid donations (29.7%), and belief of probability to get infected (34%). Positive attitudes were addressed beliefs that donation saves lives (72%), donation is a moral activity (43%), and importance of disclosing real information before donation (46.3%). Males donated blood more than females (p<0.001), whilst females were more fearful of needles (p=0.001). Gender was significantly correlated with blood donation with an Odd's ratio of 0.28 (p<0.001). Conclusions: Knowledge, attitude, and practice of medical students about blood donation are highly variable among different grades and genders of students in Hail University.

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Voluntary Blood Donation among Students - A Cross-Sectional Study on Knowledge and Practice vs. Attitude

Cited by 32 publications

References 13 publications

Current approaches to increase blood donations in resource‐limited countries

Current approaches to increase blood donations in resource‐limited countries

A Comparative Study between Blood Donors and the General Population in Uttar Pradesh, India, to Analyse the Triggers for Donation

Knowledge attitude and practice of blood donation in Hail University

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