Tripathi Parmatma Prasad, Kumawat Vijay, Patidar Gopal Kumar
Department of Transfusion Medicine and Haematology, National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru, 560029 India.
Department of Transfusion Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110001 India.
Indian J Hematol Blood Transfus. 2022 Jul;38(3):536-545. doi: 10.1007/s12288-021-01504-y. Epub 2021 Nov 30.
Covid-19 pandemic had affected transfusion services including recruitment of donors and blood donation camps activities. The blood donors may have concerns, confusion, and misleading rumours about blood donation during pandemic. People's priorities for blood donation may shift because of a dearth of necessities. It is important to identify factors which prevent or motivate blood donors during pandemic. This study was designed to understand blood donors' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions during the Covid-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional study to assess donor's knowledge, attitude, and perception regarding blood donation using self-administered 20 questions. The study duration was 4 months. A total 503 whole blood donors participated. The fear of infection and reduced blood donor motivation were observed to be the major deterrents of blood donation activity. Environment of blood donation area and travel to blood donation site were perceived two major sources of Covid-19 infection by participants. The top 3 motivational factor for blood donation were direct patient request to donate (30%), followed by family/ friends need and social media campaigns (26% each). Most donors (70.6%) were aware of importance of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour during current pandemic. The 67% donors felt that adequate Covid-19 preventive measures had been followed by the staff involved in blood collection. Based on the survey results, the inferences are that donors may harbour fear of infection and concerns for their safety, deterring blood donation. The direct appeal from a patient's relative to donate blood or a requirement in their family/friends and social media appeals emerge important factors to motivate donors. Travel facility arrangement may aide blood donation. Most of the donors are more than satisfied with the blood donation experience and are motivated to inform the transfusion services of any appearance of Covid-19 symptoms post donation. The donors were satisfied with the steps to reduce Covid-19 infection.
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12288-021-01504-y.
新冠疫情影响了输血服务，包括献血者招募和献血活动。在疫情期间，献血者可能对献血存在担忧、困惑和误导性谣言。由于生活必需品匮乏，人们献血的优先级可能会发生变化。识别在疫情期间阻碍或激励献血者的因素很重要。本研究旨在了解新冠疫情期间献血者的知识、态度和看法。这是一项描述性横断面研究，通过自行填写20个问题来评估献血者对献血的知识、态度和看法。研究持续了4个月。共有503名全血献血者参与。对感染的恐惧和献血者积极性降低被认为是献血活动的主要阻碍因素。献血区域的环境和前往献血地点的行程被参与者视为新冠病毒感染的两个主要来源。献血的前三大激励因素是患者直接请求献血（30%），其次是家人/朋友的需求和社交媒体宣传活动（各占26%）。大多数献血者（70.6%）意识到在当前疫情期间采取适当新冠防护行为的重要性。67%的献血者认为参与采血的工作人员已遵循了充分的新冠预防措施。基于调查结果，推断出献血者可能对感染存在恐惧并担心自身安全，这阻碍了献血。患者亲属直接呼吁献血、家人/朋友的需求以及社交媒体呼吁成为激励献血者的重要因素。出行便利安排可能有助于献血。大多数献血者对献血体验非常满意，并愿意在献血后告知输血服务机构自己是否出现新冠症状。献血者对减少新冠感染的措施感到满意。
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