Alsalmi Mohammed A, Almalki Hani M, Alghamdi Abdulrahman A, Aljasir Badr A
College of Medicine, King Saud Bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
J Family Med Prim Care. 2019 Jul;8(7):2322-2327. doi: 10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_415_19.
World Health Organization advocates that 3-5% of the population should donate blood yearly. However, the donors in Saudi Arabia (SA) in 2011 represented 1.46% of the population. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice concerning voluntary blood donation among health professions students in Saudi Arabia and to determine the associated factors.
This is a cross sectional study on 598 students. Chi-square and Fisher tests were used to analyze the significant association of blood donation and influencing factors.
Majority of respondents (360; 60.2%) showed sufficient knowledge regrading blood donation. A total of 593 participants (99.2%) believed that blood donation is important for the community. Around 180 (30.1%) of the respondents have donated blood before. Out of the participants, 422 students (70.6%) reported that they did not take any courses concerning blood donation in their colleges. However, 502 (83.9%) showed a high willingness to donate blood if their colleges organize a blood donation camp within campus. There was a significant association between knowledge level, current academic level and gender with practice of blood donation.
Saudi health professions colleges' role in promoting blood donation was notably missed. Students showed high willingness to donate blood if a blood camp was organized within the campus. The implementation of encouragement campaigns and educational sessions within the campus will have a great effect on blood donation.
世界卫生组织倡导每年应有3% - 5%的人口献血。然而，2011年沙特阿拉伯的献血者仅占其人口的1.46%。本研究旨在评估沙特阿拉伯卫生专业学生关于自愿献血的知识、态度和行为，并确定相关因素。
这是一项针对598名学生的横断面研究。采用卡方检验和费舍尔检验分析献血与影响因素之间的显著关联。
大多数受访者（360人；60.2%）对献血表现出足够的了解。共有593名参与者（99.2%）认为献血对社区很重要。约180名（30.1%）受访者曾献过血。在参与者中，422名学生（70.6%）表示他们在大学期间未上过任何有关献血的课程。然而，502名（83.9%）学生表示，如果学校在校园内组织献血活动，他们非常愿意献血。知识水平、当前学业水平和性别与献血行为之间存在显著关联。
沙特卫生专业院校在促进献血方面的作用明显缺失。如果在校园内组织献血活动，学生们表现出很高的献血意愿。在校园内开展鼓励活动和教育课程将对献血产生很大影响。
