Kowsalya V, Vijayakumar R, Chidambaram R, Srikumar R, Reddy E Prabhakar, Latha S, Fathima I Gayathri, Kumar C Kishor
Department of Physiology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry-605 502, India.
Centre for Research, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry-605 502, India.
Pak J Biol Sci. 2013 May 1;16(9):439-42. doi: 10.3923/pjbs.2013.439.442.
Knowledge, attitude and practice studies have been used to understand the various factors that influence blood donation which is the basis for donor mobilization and retention strategies. Role of youngsters in voluntary blood donation is crucial to meet the demand of safe blood. The present study was aimed to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice regarding voluntary blood donation among the health care students. A validated and pre-tested questionnaire on knowledge, attitude and practice on blood donation were assessed among 371 medical students from Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Institute, Puducherry, India. Result showed that knowledge on blood donation among respondents was 44.8% (1st year 36.7%, 2nd year 42.8% and 3rd year 54.9%). About 62.6% of non-donors (1st year 51%, 2nd year 61% and 3rd year 77%) showed positive attitude by expressing their willingness to donate blood while 22.8%.of the non-donors had negative attitude (1st year 33%, 2nd year 23% and 3rd year 13%). In practice 13.2% of students had donated blood (1st year 10%, 2nd year 13% and 3rd year 24%), in which 2.7% of male students alone donating blood on regular basis. Over all 3rd year student showed significantly higher knowledge compared with 1st years, in attitude and practice section 3rd year student's showed significantly higher positive attitude and practice than that of 1st and 2nd years. The present study reveals that there is a positive association among knowledge, attitude and practice on blood donation, which suggest that positive attitude and practice can be improved by inculcating knowledge on blood donation among college students to recruit and donate blood regularly, which will help to achieve 100% of blood donation on voluntary basis.
知识、态度和行为研究已被用于了解影响献血的各种因素，而这些因素是献血者动员和保留策略的基础。年轻人在自愿献血中的作用对于满足安全血液的需求至关重要。本研究旨在评估医学生中关于自愿献血的知识、态度和行为水平。对来自印度本地治里市斯里·拉克希米·纳拉亚纳医学科学与研究所的371名医学生进行了一份关于献血知识、态度和行为的经过验证和预测试的问卷评估。结果显示，受访者中关于献血的知识知晓率为44.8%（一年级为36.7%，二年级为42.8%，三年级为54.9%）。约62.6%的非献血者（一年级为51%，二年级为61%，三年级为77%）通过表达愿意献血表现出积极态度，而22.8%的非献血者态度消极（一年级为33%，二年级为23%，三年级为13%）。在行为方面，13.2%的学生献过血（一年级为10%，二年级为13%，三年级为24%），其中仅2.7%的男学生定期献血。总体而言，三年级学生在知识方面比一年级学生表现出显著更高的水平，在态度和行为方面，三年级学生比一年级和二年级学生表现出显著更高的积极态度和行为。本研究表明，献血的知识、态度和行为之间存在正相关，这表明通过向大学生灌输献血知识可以提高积极态度和行为，以招募并定期献血，这将有助于实现100%的自愿献血。
