Mahfouz Mohamed Salih, Ryani Majed, Saleh Hamzi Nawar Ahmed, Zaeri Dhaifallah Abdullah, Dahdoh Abdullah Abdulrahman, Almalki Abdulaziz Jaber, Ali Hakami Jubran Ahmed, Ahmed Aqeeli Abkr Abdu, Tawashi Ibrahim Hussien
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Faculty of Medicine, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Avicenna J Med. 2021 Apr 19;11(2):70-76. doi: 10.4103/ajm.ajm_113_20. eCollection 2021 Apr-Jun.
Blood transfusion is an essential medical procedure conducted with various purposes to provide patients with blood needed. The procedure saves patients' lives, as blood cannot be manufactured artificially and can only be obtained from human blood sources.
To assess the awareness of, perceptions of, motivations regarding, and barriers to blood donation among a sample of Jazan University students in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
An observational cross-sectional study was conducted among the undergraduate students of Jazan University.
Stratified random sampling was used to collect information from 440 students, and a predesigned, structured questionnaire was used to collect data on the study variables.
Involved descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. SPSS was used for data analysis.
The prevalence of blood donation was 29.0% (95% CI, 25.0-33.3), significantly higher for males at 44.3% (95% CI, 38.3-50.4) than for females at 10.5% (95% CI, 7.3-16.0; < 0.001), and with odds ratio (OR) = 6.8; [95% CI, 4.1-11.2] than females. Students' level of knowledge regarding blood donation was low. The main barriers to blood donation were identified as being unqualified for blood donation (57.5%) and risk of contracting infectious disease (48.7%) and the desire to donate in the future to a close friend (38.6%). The main motivations for donating blood were identified as religious reasons (77.5%), altruism (77.5%), and to serve the homeland and meet the call of need (77.5%).
The prevalence of blood donation was found to be low, and students' knowledge regarding blood donation appeared to be lacking. The development of awareness programs among the university's students will address students' misconceptions about blood donation and encourage them to join donation campaigns.
输血是一项重要的医疗程序，其目的多样，旨在为患者提供所需血液。由于血液无法人工制造，只能从人类血液来源获取，因此该程序挽救了患者的生命。
评估沙特阿拉伯王国吉赞大学学生样本中对献血的知晓度、认知、动机及障碍。
对吉赞大学本科生进行了一项观察性横断面研究。
采用分层随机抽样从440名学生中收集信息，并使用预先设计的结构化问卷收集关于研究变量的数据。
包括描述性统计和推断性统计。使用SPSS进行数据分析。
献血率为29.0%（95%可信区间，25.0 - 33.3），男性显著高于女性，男性为44.3%（95%可信区间，38.3 - 50.4），女性为10.5%（95%可信区间，7.3 - 16.0；P < 0.001），男性的优势比（OR） = 6.8；[95%可信区间，4.1 - 11.2]。学生对献血的知识水平较低。献血的主要障碍被确定为不符合献血条件（57.5%）、感染传染病的风险（48.7%）以及未来想给亲密朋友献血（38.6%）。献血的主要动机被确定为宗教原因（77.5%）、利他主义（77.5%）以及为祖国服务和响应需求召唤（77.5%）。
发现献血率较低，且学生对献血的知识似乎不足。在大学生中开展宣传项目将解决学生对献血的误解，并鼓励他们参加献血活动。
