Raghuwanshi Babita, Pehlajani Nand K, Sinha Mithilesh K
Assistant Professor, Department of Transfusion Medicine and Blood Bank, AIIMS , Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India .
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, L.N. Medical College , Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India .
J Clin Diagn Res. 2016 Oct;10(10):EC18-EC22. doi: 10.7860/JCDR/2016/21957.8733. Epub 2016 Oct 1.
The factors influencing blood donation decisions are varied and complex and one's attitude can influence this decision.
To find the factors affecting the knowledge and practice of blood donation among college students and their attitude towards the same.
This cross-sectional study was conducted among 399 college going students using convenience sampling from medical, nursing and engineering colleges in Bhubaneswar city, where blood donation camps were to be held. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires and, analysed in SPSS Version 20.0.
Knowledge regarding blood donation was adequate among 228 (57.1%) of the students and, 221 (55.4%) students had donated blood. Knowledge was significantly better among female students, medical stream and in those whose parents were in non-medical jobs; whereas blood donation had been done significantly more by male, non-medical stream students and by those whose parents were in medical field. Most common reason for donating blood was a sense of social responsibility and most common reason of non-donation was fear of the procedure. An 85% of the students were of the view that they would donate blood if asked. Students suggested that small incentives like certificates and arranging transport for blood donation would make it easier to donate.
Just over half of the students had adequate knowledge about blood donation and similar percentage had donated blood. There is this large pool of safe blood in college going students who are willing, but not tapped as source of blood donation.
影响献血决策的因素多种多样且复杂，个人态度会影响这一决策。
找出影响大学生献血知识与实践的因素以及他们对此的态度。
本横断面研究采用便利抽样法，对布巴内斯瓦尔市医学、护理和工程学院的399名大学生进行了调查，这些学院将举办献血活动。通过自填式问卷收集数据，并在SPSS 20.0版本中进行分析。
228名（57.1%）学生对献血知识掌握充分，221名（55.4%）学生曾献过血。女学生、医学专业学生以及父母从事非医疗工作的学生在献血知识方面表现明显更好；而男学生、非医学专业学生以及父母从事医疗工作的学生献血比例明显更高。献血最常见的原因是社会责任感，不献血最常见的原因是害怕献血过程。85%的学生认为如果被要求，他们会献血。学生们建议，像证书和安排献血交通等小激励措施会使献血更容易。
略多于一半的学生对献血有充分了解，且献血比例相近。在愿意献血但未被开发为献血来源的大学生中，存在大量安全血液储备。
