Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia.
Department of Nutrition and Reproductive Health, School of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Mizan-Tepi University, Mizan-Aman, Ethiopia.
Pan Afr Med J. 2021 Mar 9;38:249. doi: 10.11604/pamj.2021.38.249.22411. eCollection 2021.
blood donation (BD) is affected by several factors, among which people's knowledge and attitude are the key determinants. However, the level of knowledge and attitude towards BD in Ethiopia is not yet well studied. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the level and factors associated with knowledge and attitude towards blood donation among health science college students in Southwest Ethiopia.
a cross-sectional study was conducted among 394 health science students from June 1 to 15 2019. The data were collected using a structured self-administered questionnaire. The data were entered using EPI-data version 4.2.0.0 and analyzed using SPSS version 20. The correlation analysis was done to determine the association between the knowledge sum score and the attitude sum score. A binary logistic regression analysis was done to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables.
the proportions of good knowledge and positive attitude towards BD were 69.3%, 95% CI (64.8%-73.4%) and 58.1%, 95% CI (52.3%-63.0%) respectively. The study also found that age ≥23 years (adjusted odds ratio (AOR)=1.67, 95% CI (1.04-2.67)), having a father with primary and secondary school and above (AOR=2.24, 95% CI (1.20-4.17) and AOR=2.26, 95% CI (1.26-4.06) respectively) and ever donated blood (AOR=3.64, 95%CI (2.26-5.85)) were factors associated with good knowledge of blood donation. Being a rural resident (AOR=1.59, 95% CI (1.01-2.40)) and graduating class student (AOR=0.56, 95% CI (0.34-0.96)) were factors associated with a positive attitude towards blood donation. The knowledge-related questions´ sum score value was positively correlated with the attitude-related questions' sum score value (r=0.30, P<0.001).
the knowledge and attitude towards BD among the study population are a substantial deficiency. Therefore, more effort is needed to increase the level of knowledge and attitude towards BD by inculcating short training courses for these groups of population in the existing curriculum.
献血（BD）受到多种因素的影响，其中人们的知识和态度是关键决定因素。然而，埃塞俄比亚的献血知识和态度水平尚未得到充分研究。因此，本研究旨在评估西南埃塞俄比亚卫生科学学院学生的献血知识和态度水平及其相关因素。
2019 年 6 月 1 日至 15 日，对 394 名卫生科学专业学生进行了横断面研究。使用结构化的自我管理问卷收集数据。使用 EPI-data 版本 4.2.0.0 录入数据，并使用 SPSS 版本 20 进行分析。进行相关性分析以确定知识总分与态度总分之间的关联。进行二元逻辑回归分析以确定因变量和自变量之间的关联。
BD 的良好知识和积极态度的比例分别为 69.3%，95%CI（64.8%-73.4%）和 58.1%，95%CI（52.3%-63.0%）。研究还发现，年龄≥23 岁（调整后的优势比（AOR）=1.67，95%CI（1.04-2.67）），父亲具有小学及以上学历（AOR=2.24，95%CI（1.20-4.17）和 AOR=2.26，95%CI（1.26-4.06））和曾经献血（AOR=3.64，95%CI（2.26-5.85））是献血知识良好的相关因素。农村居民（AOR=1.59，95%CI（1.01-2.40））和毕业班学生（AOR=0.56，95%CI（0.34-0.96））是对献血持积极态度的相关因素。知识相关问题总分值与态度相关问题总分值呈正相关（r=0.30，P<0.001）。
研究人群对 BD 的知识和态度严重不足。因此，需要通过在现有课程中为这些人群开设短期培训课程，加大提高 BD 的知识和态度水平的力度。
