Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, Brazil.
Transfus Apher Sci. 2020 Oct;59(5):102822. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2020.102822. Epub 2020 May 23.
There is a consensus on the importance of education of the population for blood donation. Considering that health sciences undergraduate students will play an important role of opinion makers in their social/professional networks in the future, the present study aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and practice of the blood donation and religious beliefs among students of a public Brazilian university. All students enrolled in courses of Ribeirão Preto Medical School in 2019 were invited (N = 550). The questionnaire was composed by sociodemographic and behavioral variables, an instrument regarding blood donation attitude and practice, the Blood Donation Knowledge Questionnaire (BDKQ-Brazil) and the Duke University Religious Index (DUREL). Multinomial logistic regression was used to estimate sex- and age-adjusted odds ratios for the relations between sociodemographic/behavioral characteristics and blood donation practice. The association between the responses to the BDKQ-Brazil and blood donation practice was performed using Fisher's Exact Test. Three hundred and forty students were included (81.5% females). Blood donation has been a common practice for part of the students, who have almost entirely shown a positive attitude towards donation and a high rate of self-efficacy regarding their practice. However, less than expected knowledge was observed. Regarding religious beliefs, lower scores of non-organizational and intrinsic religiosity were detected among those male students who never donated blood. Our results suggest the need to develop educational activities for students aiming, in addition to their awareness of the practice of donation, the spread of information regarding blood donation in the future.
人们普遍认为对人口进行献血教育很重要。考虑到未来卫生科学专业的本科生将在其社会/专业网络中扮演重要的意见领袖角色，本研究旨在调查巴西一所公立大学学生的献血知识、态度和实践情况及其宗教信仰。邀请了 2019 年里贝朗普雷图医学院所有课程的学生（N=550）参与。问卷由社会人口统计学和行为变量、一份关于献血态度和实践的工具、献血知识问卷（BDKQ-巴西）和杜克宗教指数（DUREL）组成。使用多变量逻辑回归估计社会人口统计学/行为特征与献血实践之间的性别和年龄调整比值比。使用 Fisher 精确检验来评估 BDKQ-巴西的回答与献血实践之间的关系。共有 340 名学生（81.5%为女性）被纳入研究。部分学生经常献血，他们对献血持有几乎完全积极的态度，对自己的献血实践具有较高的自我效能感。然而，他们的知识水平却低于预期。在宗教信仰方面，检测到那些从未献血的男性学生的非组织和内在宗教信仰得分较低。我们的研究结果表明，有必要为学生开展教育活动，除了提高他们对献血实践的认识，还需要传播有关未来献血的信息。
