Shenga Namgay, Thankappan Kr, Kartha Cc, Pal Ranabir
IIDD Cell, Government of Sikkim, Sikkim, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India.
J Emerg Trauma Shock. 2010 Jan;3(1):21-5. doi: 10.4103/0974-2700.58667.
Blood transfusion is a fundamental and requisite part of any National Health Service for optimum management of emergency conditions like severe trauma shock and resuscitation with the optimum stock of its different components. The objective of the present study was to analyze the factors of knowledge of prospective blood donors that may influence their perception and awareness about blood donation.
This population-based cross-sectional study was conducted at Gangtok in the state of Sikkim, India, on 300 subjects of the adult population selected by two-stage cluster sampling. The main outcome variables were the socioeconomic and demographic variables of knowledge of blood donation. By interview technique, using the pre-tested structured close-ended questionnaire, the principal investigator collected the data.
In our study population, 46% of the study population was found to have a high knowledge score. The knowledge about blood donation was found to be statistically significant with the occupational status and the education levels, both in the bivariate and in the multivariate analyses. Knowledge about blood donation was not significantly related to age, sex, marital status, religion, community status and per capita monthly family income.
The study suggested that the perceptions toward voluntary blood donation could be influenced to a large extent by sociodemographic variables of knowledge among the general population.
输血是任何国家医疗服务体系的基本且必要组成部分，对于诸如严重创伤性休克等紧急情况的最佳管理以及利用不同成分的最佳库存进行复苏而言至关重要。本研究的目的是分析可能影响潜在献血者对献血的认知和意识的知识因素。
本基于人群的横断面研究在印度锡金邦甘托克对通过两阶段整群抽样选取的300名成年人群体进行。主要结果变量是献血知识的社会经济和人口统计学变量。通过访谈技术，使用预先测试的结构化封闭式问卷，主要研究者收集了数据。
在我们的研究人群中，发现46%的研究人群具有较高的知识得分。在双变量和多变量分析中，发现献血知识与职业状况和教育水平在统计学上具有显著相关性。献血知识与年龄、性别、婚姻状况、宗教、社区状况和家庭人均月收入无显著关联。
该研究表明，普通人群中知识的社会人口统计学变量在很大程度上可能会影响对自愿献血的认知。
