AlOtaibi Noot, Alsaleebi Sarah, Alanezi Fahad, Alhodaib Hala, AlThani Bashair, Aljabri Duaa, Alsalman Demah, Al-Fayez Asma, Saadah Amjad, Alrawiai Sumaiah, Alyousif Norah, Alanzi Turki
Department of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Blood Bank, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
J Blood Med. 2021 Oct 1;12:863-873. doi: 10.2147/JBM.S328981. eCollection 2021.
The main objective of this research was to investigate the opinion of the population of Saudi Arabia on the use and acceptability of the Wateen application.
This research was a quantitative cross-sectional study in which an online questionnaire was distributed among the target population who were healthy people over 18 years of age that had used or known about the Wateen application. A total of 352 participants responded to the questionnaire. The data collection was carried out between November and December 2020. A basic descriptive statistical analysis was used to analyze the data.
The participants had used the Wateen app to follow the donation record, as a reminder of donation dates, to find lists and blood bank locations, to request blood donation, and to find donation requests on social media. After receiving the blood donation request from the Wateen app, majority of the respondents felt encouraged, motivated, and educated to donate blood, and about blood donation, respectively. Participants also indicated that the application helped them to find donors. Besides, majority of the respondents stated that the Wateen app had reduced the gap between blood donors and the need for blood. However, few participants expressed that they had not received or observed a post about the Wateen application on social media networks.
The results of this research indicated that there is a general acceptance of the use of the Wateen app among the participants of this study. However, the importance of the Wateen app needs to be further advertised so that it can be used in the blood donation process in all regions of Saudi Arabia. In this way, the people of Saudi Arabia will be more aware of the importance of the Wateen app in the blood donation process, and the goal of the Ministry of Health of bridging the gap between donation centers and blood donors could be achieved.
本研究的主要目的是调查沙特阿拉伯民众对Wateen应用程序的使用情况及可接受性的看法。
本研究为定量横断面研究，通过在线问卷对目标人群进行调查，目标人群为18岁以上使用过或了解Wateen应用程序的健康人群。共有352名参与者回复了问卷。数据收集于2020年11月至12月进行。采用基本描述性统计分析方法对数据进行分析。
参与者使用Wateen应用程序来跟踪献血记录、提醒献血日期、查找列表和血库位置、请求献血以及在社交媒体上查找献血请求。在收到Wateen应用程序的献血请求后，大多数受访者分别感到受到鼓励、有动力并了解了献血相关信息。参与者还表示该应用程序帮助他们找到了献血者。此外，大多数受访者表示Wateen应用程序缩小了献血者与用血需求之间的差距。然而，少数参与者表示他们在社交媒体网络上没有收到或看到过关于Wateen应用程序的帖子。
本研究结果表明，本研究的参与者普遍接受使用Wateen应用程序。然而，需要进一步宣传Wateen应用程序的重要性，以便它能在沙特阿拉伯所有地区的献血过程中得到应用。这样，沙特阿拉伯民众将更加了解Wateen应用程序在献血过程中的重要性，卫生部弥合献血中心与献血者之间差距的目标也能够实现。
