PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH
Objective: To explore the factors which motivate or hamper our youngsters for blood donation and to understand the behavior of youth regarding blood donation through which we can rise voluntary blood donation. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Allama Iqbal Medic...
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| author | Maqsood Ahmed Muhammad Saeed Usman Waheed Ather Mujtaba Amir Hanif Anum Khalid Farhan Rasheed |
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| description | Objective: To explore the factors which motivate or hamper our youngsters for blood donation and to understand the behavior of youth regarding blood donation through which we can rise voluntary blood donation.
Study Design: Cross sectional study.
Place and Duration of Study: Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, from Jan 2017 to Sep 2017.
Methodology: A self-designed detailed questionnaire was designed, comprised of the demographic status of the subject, various aspects of the attitudes, perceptions, and drives toward blood donation including the questions regarding earlier blood donation, their experience, future planning for blood donation and reasons for not donating the blood.
Results: Out of the 789 participants, only 284 (36.01%) were blood donors including 231 (81.39%) males and 53 18.61%) females. Altruism, sense of social responsibility, volunteerism, spiritual pleasure and gaining experience were major factors for blood donation while never asked for donation, objection from elders, fear for the needle, fear of adverse effects, weight gain/loss were the barriers which impede our youngsters for blood donation.
Conclusion: Blood donation can be up surged with proper counseling, diminishing out spread myths and false perception among young population of Pakistan. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-81bbe6b230444d2d9de3cdc7dfd6e4ee2022-12-21T21:19:38ZengArmy Medical College RawalpindiPakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal0030-96482411-88422020-10-0170513601365PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTHMaqsood Ahmed0Muhammad Saeed1Usman Waheed2Ather Mujtaba3Amir Hanif4Anum Khalid5Farhan Rasheed6University of Health Sciences, Lahore PakistanDistrict Head Quarter Hospital, Mandi Bahauddin, PakistanMinistry of National Health Services, Islamabad PakistanDistrict Head Quarter Hospital, Mandi Bahauddin, PakistanGovernment College University Faisalabad PakistanUniversity of Health Sciences, Lahore PakistanAllama Iqbal Medical College & Jinnah Hospital, Lahore PakistanObjective: To explore the factors which motivate or hamper our youngsters for blood donation and to understand the behavior of youth regarding blood donation through which we can rise voluntary blood donation. Study Design: Cross sectional study. Place and Duration of Study: Allama Iqbal Medical College Lahore, from Jan 2017 to Sep 2017. Methodology: A self-designed detailed questionnaire was designed, comprised of the demographic status of the subject, various aspects of the attitudes, perceptions, and drives toward blood donation including the questions regarding earlier blood donation, their experience, future planning for blood donation and reasons for not donating the blood. Results: Out of the 789 participants, only 284 (36.01%) were blood donors including 231 (81.39%) males and 53 18.61%) females. Altruism, sense of social responsibility, volunteerism, spiritual pleasure and gaining experience were major factors for blood donation while never asked for donation, objection from elders, fear for the needle, fear of adverse effects, weight gain/loss were the barriers which impede our youngsters for blood donation. Conclusion: Blood donation can be up surged with proper counseling, diminishing out spread myths and false perception among young population of Pakistan.https://pafmj.org/index.php/PAFMJ/article/view/5564blood donationbarriersmotivational factorsmedical pakistani youngsters |
| spellingShingle | Maqsood Ahmed Muhammad Saeed Usman Waheed Ather Mujtaba Amir Hanif Anum Khalid Farhan Rasheed PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal blood donation barriers motivational factors medical pakistani youngsters |
| title | PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH |
| title_full | PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH |
| title_fullStr | PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH |
| title_full_unstemmed | PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH |
| title_short | PERCEPTION OF BLOOD DONATION AMONG PAKISTANI YOUTH |
| title_sort | perception of blood donation among pakistani youth |
| topic | blood donation barriers motivational factors medical pakistani youngsters |
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