Bhasker Bala, Sachdev Suchet, Marwaha Neelam, Grover Sandeep, Singh Tarundeep, Dhiman Radha K
Department of Transfusion Medicine, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
Department of Psychiatry, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India.
J Clin Exp Hepatol. 2019 May-Jun;9(3):318-323. doi: 10.1016/j.jceh.2018.08.005. Epub 2018 Aug 25.
The selection of a low-risk blood donor involves a dialogue between the trained medical staff and the volunteer blood donor, and this is where the knowledge of the prospective blood donor with regard to the risk factors for acquiring hepatitis B and C and the mode of spread through a blood transfusion is of utmost importance. Therefore, the study was conducted to assess the knowledge and attitude on hepatitis B and C with regard to blood donation, in the existing and the potential donor base.
This is a cross-sectional study conducted on 4000 participants, including 2000 blood donors and 2000 nondonors. The study tool was a pilot-tested, self-administered questionnaire, content and construct validated using Delphi methodology.
The mean age of the study participants was 25.12 ± 8.43 years ranging from 18 to 60 years; 24.64 ± 8.31 years in donors and 25.61 ± 8.55 years in non-donors. The study included 69.8% males and 30.2% females, with 87.5% males and 12.6% females in donors and 52.1% males and 47.9% females in non-donors. Overall knowledge score was 51.02%, being 51.21% in donors and 50.84% in non-donors. Overall attitude score was 47.93%, being 47.09% in donors and 48.77% in non-donors. There was a low degree of significant linear correlation between knowledge and attitude in the study participants.
Based on the results obtained in the study, it is evident that neither the existing level of knowledge nor the attitude of both donors and nondonors towards hepatitis B and C is adequate for being able to select a low-risk blood donor.
选择低风险献血者需要经过培训的医务人员与志愿献血者之间进行沟通，在此过程中，未来献血者对感染乙型和丙型肝炎的风险因素以及输血传播方式的了解至关重要。因此，本研究旨在评估现有和潜在献血者群体对献血相关的乙型和丙型肝炎的知识及态度。
这是一项针对4000名参与者的横断面研究，其中包括2000名献血者和2000名非献血者。研究工具是一份经过预测试的自填式问卷，其内容和结构通过德尔菲法进行了验证。
研究参与者的平均年龄为25.12±8.43岁，年龄范围在18至60岁之间；献血者的平均年龄为24.64±8.31岁，非献血者的平均年龄为25.61±8.55岁。研究对象中男性占69.8%，女性占30.2%，其中献血者中男性占87.5%，女性占12.6%，非献血者中男性占52.1%，女性占47.9%。总体知识得分率为51.02%，献血者为51.21%，非献血者为50.84%。总体态度得分率为47.93%，献血者为47.09%，非献血者为48.77%。研究参与者的知识与态度之间存在低度显著线性相关性。
根据本研究获得的结果，显然无论是现有知识水平，还是献血者和非献血者对乙型和丙型肝炎的态度，都不足以筛选出低风险献血者。
