Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among non blood donor female health care professionals

Muhammad Bilal, Abdul Haseeb, Ibrahim Zahid, Sehan Lashkerwala, Fawad Saeeduddin, Muhammad Saad, Mohammad Arshad, Manpreet Moorpani, Midhat Khan, Ahsan Tariq, Haya Habib, Tehrema Islam and Rohan Advani

Global Journal of Health Science, 2016, vol. 8, issue 4, 203

Abstract: Introduction- Blood donation is necessary in order to maintain an adequate supply of blood to patients who are suffering from any kind of disease or trauma, which requires them to have blood transfusion. Female non-blood donors are generally low in number. Therefore, this research was carried out to assess the main reasons behind the lack of blood donations made by females, and their knowledge, attitude and perceptions towards voluntary blood donation. Methodology- A cross-sectional study was conducted on 664 female health professionals, who were selected by non-probability convenience sampling from two tertiary care hospitals. A pretested questionnaire was presented to the sample population, and the data was entered and analyzed on SPSS (V17). Results- 94.6 % were aware with the fact that blood is screened for AIDS, Hepatitis B and C before transfusion. Moreover, 83.7% said that they will only donate blood if a family, relative or friend would need it and similarly 83.4% suggested that they would donate blood if blood donation camps are arranged in hospital premises. 81.8 % thought that blood donors can contract Hepatitis B after donation where as only 29.5% did not blood due already blood loss in menstrual cycle. Conclusion- The participants had adequate knowledge about the benefits of blood donation. The most important reason identified for not donating blood is the lack of facilities within the workplace or lack of approach by responsible authorities. The results of the study may help in minimizing the misconceptions of the participants about blood transfusion, which would increase their contribution towards blood donation.

Date: 2016
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