Study of Awareness about Blood Donation among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Keywords:
Blood Donation Awareness, Blood Donors, Blood Bank, Rejection Criteria for Blood Donation, Voluntary Blood DonationAbstract
Background: Various factors determine the donor’s frequency of blood donation like lack of awareness, life style barriers and their present and past experience with blood donation.
Aim and Objectives: To study the awareness about blood donation among the blood donors of a tertiary care hospital and to find out the existing information gap.
Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted in the blood bank of a tertiary care hospital in which the blood donors, after obtaining informed consent, were administered a questionnaire to assess their awareness about blood donation. The collected data was entered in an excel sheet and it was analyzed.
Result: Out of the 100 blood donors included in the study, majority of them were in the age group 21-30 years. Most (94%) of the donors were aware of their blood group and had the knowledge that they can continue their routine work after blood donation (92%). However, only (52%) were aware of the rejection criteria and only (59%) had awareness about age criteria for blood donation and required weight and hemoglobin for blood donation. (67%) of the donors had awareness about blood donation from the media and friends, while others gained it from their previous blood donation experience.
Conclusion: Training programs for health professionals and awareness programs in mass media can spread the knowledge of blood donation among the community especially in the younger generation and improve their attitude and sustain their practice of regular blood donor.
How to cite this article:
Vimal M, Bhuvana J, Nishanthi A. Study of Awareness about Blood Donation among Blood Donors in a Tertiary Care Hospital. Rec Adv Path Lab Med 2019; 5(4): 13-16.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.24321/2454.8642.201921
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