The Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Towards Blood Donation Among Voluntary Blood Donors in Chennai, India
Introduction: An integrated strategy for blood safety is required for the provision of safe and adequate blood. Recruiting a sufficient number of safe blood donors is an emerging challenge. The shortage of blood in India is due to an increase in the demand, with fewer voluntary blood donors. A s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Private Limited
2013-06-01
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| Series: | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research |
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| Summary: | Introduction: An integrated strategy for blood safety is required
for the provision of safe and adequate blood. Recruiting a
sufficient number of safe blood donors is an emerging challenge.
The shortage of blood in India is due to an increase in the
demand, with fewer voluntary blood donors. A study on the
knowledge, attitude and the practice of donors may prove to be
useful in the successful implementation of the blood donation
programme. Our aim was to find the level of the knowledge,
attitude and practice of blood donation among voluntary blood
donors.
Material and Methods: A structured questionnaire was given
to 530 voluntary blood donors to assess their knowledge,
attitude and practice with respect to blood donations. The
statistical analyses were done by using the SPSS software. The
associations between the demographic factors were analysed
by using the Chi square test.
Results: Among the 530 donors, 436 (93%) were males and 36
(7%) were female donors. 273 (51.2%) donors knew about the
interval of the donation and 421 (79.4%) donors knew about the
age limit for the donation. 305 (57%) donors felt that creating
an opportunity for the donation was an important factor for
motivating the blood donation and 292 (55%) donors felt that
the fear of pain was the main reason for the hesitation of the
donors in coming forward to donate blood.
Conclusion: A majority of the donors were willing to be regular
donors. The donors showed positive effects like a sense of
satisfaction after the donation. Creating an opportunity for
blood donation by conducting many blood donation camps may
increase the voluntary blood donations. |
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| ISSN: | 2249-782X 0973-709X |