Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiousness and blood donation among postgraduate students.METHODS: The Portuguese-language version of the Duke University Religion Index was administered to a sample of 226 Brazilian students with ages ranging from 22 to 55 y...
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| author | Edson Zangiacomi Martinez Rodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida Ana Carolina Garcia Braz Antonio Carlos Duarte de Carvalho |
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| description | OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiousness and blood donation among postgraduate students.METHODS: The Portuguese-language version of the Duke University Religion Index was administered to a sample of 226 Brazilian students with ages ranging from 22 to 55 years. All study participants had completed undergraduate courses in health-related areas.RESULTS: In the present study, 23.5% of the students were regular donors. Organizational religiousness was found to be associated with attitudes related to blood donation. This study also shows evidence that regular blood donors have a higher intrinsic religiousness than subjects who donate only once and do not return.CONCLUSION: This study shows that the attitudes concerning blood donation may have some association with religiosity. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5c07b81ec855480a8796705d818806292022-12-21T19:35:16ZengElsevierRevista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia1806-08702014-06-0136318419010.1016/j.bjhh.2014.03.012S1516-84842014000300184Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areasEdson Zangiacomi MartinezRodrigo Guimarães dos Santos AlmeidaAna Carolina Garcia BrazAntonio Carlos Duarte de CarvalhoOBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiousness and blood donation among postgraduate students.METHODS: The Portuguese-language version of the Duke University Religion Index was administered to a sample of 226 Brazilian students with ages ranging from 22 to 55 years. All study participants had completed undergraduate courses in health-related areas.RESULTS: In the present study, 23.5% of the students were regular donors. Organizational religiousness was found to be associated with attitudes related to blood donation. This study also shows evidence that regular blood donors have a higher intrinsic religiousness than subjects who donate only once and do not return.CONCLUSION: This study shows that the attitudes concerning blood donation may have some association with religiosity.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000300184&lng=en&tlng=enBlood donorsReligionHealth knowledgeAttitudesStudents |
| spellingShingle | Edson Zangiacomi Martinez Rodrigo Guimarães dos Santos Almeida Ana Carolina Garcia Braz Antonio Carlos Duarte de Carvalho Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas Revista Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia Blood donors Religion Health knowledge Attitudes Students |
| title | Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas |
| title_full | Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas |
| title_fullStr | Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas |
| title_full_unstemmed | Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas |
| title_short | Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas |
| title_sort | association between religiousness and blood donation among brazilian postgraduate students from health related areas |
| topic | Blood donors Religion Health knowledge Attitudes Students |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-84842014000300184&lng=en&tlng=en |
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