Alharbi Saleh Hadi, Alateeq Fahad A, Ahmed Ibrahim Bin, Alsogair AbdulRahman Ali A, Al-Rashdi Yousef Duhaim A, Aldugieman Thamer Z, Ahmed Hussain Gadelkarim
Faculty of Medicine, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
College of Medicine, University of Hail, Saudi Arabia.
AIMS Public Health. 2018 Sep 4;5(3):324-337. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2018.3.324. eCollection 2018.
blood products is an interesting term as all blood and blood transfusion procedures carry risk even with advance screening of donors and donated blood. In Saudi Arabia voluntary donors are either the only source or not, the other source is paid donors and the lack of volunteers represents a major challenge. This is usually attributed to low community awareness regarding voluntary blood donation. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the levels of awareness towards blood donation in northern Saudi Arabia.
in this descriptive cross sectional survey, data about blood donation were obtained from 717 Saudi volunteers living in the city of Hail, Saudi Arabia. A Purposeful questionnaire was designed and used for obtaining of the necessary data.
When asking the participants to rate the level of awareness about blood donation in Saudi Society, the majority of participants categorized the levels as good followed by very good and poor, representing 48.8%, 29.3%, and 22% participants, respectively.
the broad concept of blood donation is still poor in Saudi Arabia. Further educational plans are needed to raise the level of awareness and increase the perception of blood donation among Saudi population. Efforts should be made to involve females in blood donation duties.
血液制品是一个值得关注的术语，因为即使对献血者和所献血液进行了先进的筛查，所有血液及输血程序仍存在风险。在沙特阿拉伯，自愿献血者要么是唯一的血液来源，要么不是，另一个来源是有偿献血者，而缺乏志愿者是一个重大挑战。这通常归因于社区对自愿献血的认识不足。因此，本研究的目的是评估沙特阿拉伯北部对献血的认知水平。
在这项描述性横断面调查中，有关献血的数据来自居住在沙特阿拉伯哈伊勒市的717名沙特志愿者。设计了一份有针对性的问卷并用于获取必要数据。
当要求参与者对沙特社会对献血的认知水平进行评分时，大多数参与者将其归类为良好，其次是非常好和差，分别占参与者的48.8%、29.3%和22%。
沙特阿拉伯对献血的广泛认知仍然较差。需要进一步的教育计划来提高认知水平，并增强沙特民众对献血的认识。应努力让女性参与献血工作。
