Tariq Saba, Tariq Sundus, Jawed Shireen, Tariq Saffee
Pharmacology, University Medical & Dental College, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
University Medical and Dental College Faisalabad, Pakistan.
J Pak Med Assoc. 2018 Jan;68(1):65-70.
To assess the knowledge, practices and attitude of medical students towards blood donation.
This cross-sectional study was conducted at the University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan, from April to August 2016, and comprised female medical students. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed. A structured questionnaire was included as data-collection tool. Statistical analysis was done using SPSS 20.
Of the 500 students, 469(93.8%) responded to the questionnaire. Of them, 419(89.3%) females had never donated blood and only 2(0.4%) were regular voluntary donors. The best source from which the participants heard about blood donation was friends 259(55.2%). When coming to reasons for not donating blood, there was significant association of many factors like fear (p <0.001), the collection facility being far from the place (p <0.001), not having enough time to donate (p <0.001). Of the 50(10.7%) respondents who had ever donated blood, 48(96%) said the main motivator was saving lives of the people.
Female medical students were aware of the basic knowledge about blood donation.
评估医学生对献血的知识、实践和态度。
本横断面研究于2016年4月至8月在巴基斯坦费萨拉巴德的费萨拉巴德大学进行,研究对象为女医学生。采用多阶段抽样技术。将一份结构化问卷作为数据收集工具。使用SPSS 20进行统计分析。
500名学生中,469名(93.8%)对问卷作出回应。其中,419名(89.3%)女性从未献血,只有2名(0.4%)是定期自愿献血者。参与者了解献血信息的最佳来源是朋友,有259名(55.2%)。在不献血的原因方面,恐惧(p<0.001)、采血机构距离住处远(p<0.001)、没有足够时间献血(p<0.001)等多种因素之间存在显著关联。在曾献血的50名(10.7%)受访者中,48名(96%)表示主要动机是拯救他人生命。
女医学生了解献血的基本知识。