Department of Haematology, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
Department of Haematology, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.
Vox Sang. 2023 Jun;118(6):447-454. doi: 10.1111/vox.13436. Epub 2023 May 11.
Women are grossly under-represented among blood donors in Nigeria. We, therefore, determined the barriers, motivators and appealing incentives to blood donation among women in Nigeria.
This was an internet-based cross-sectional study among women aged 18-65 years. A well-structured questionnaire was used to determine sociodemographic characteristics, motivation, barriers and appealing incentives. Motivational and barrier differences in some sociodemographic characteristics were determined using the chi-squared test. A p-value of 0.05 was considered statistically significant.
The most common motivators among blood donors were 'when family or friend is in need of blood', 'health benefits' and 'reminders to donate'. One-time donors who were willing to become regular donors were more motivated by reminders to donate than those not willing (p = 0.000). The most common barriers among non-donors were 'poor attitude of hospital staff' and 'fear of contracting infections'. Younger women and those of the Hausa tribe were more debarred by 'lack of privacy during blood donation exercise' than older women and those of the other tribes (p-values of 0.008 and 0.006, respectively). The most appealing incentives for blood donation were medical consultation and a blood donation certificate.
Women's participation in blood donation in Nigeria can be improved by sending regular reminders to donors, especially one-time donors and by infrastructural adjustments to improve privacy at the blood donation sites. Specific and targeted capacity-building initiatives should also be put in place to drive a paradigm shift in the attitude of hospital staff to work in Nigeria.
在尼日利亚，女性在献血者中严重代表性不足。因此，我们确定了女性在尼日利亚献血的障碍、动机和吸引激励因素。
这是一项针对 18-65 岁女性的基于互联网的横断面研究。使用了一份精心设计的问卷，以确定社会人口统计学特征、动机、障碍和吸引激励因素。使用卡方检验确定了一些社会人口统计学特征中的动机和障碍差异。p 值为 0.05 被认为具有统计学意义。
献血者最常见的动机是“当家人或朋友需要血液时”、“健康益处”和“提醒献血”。愿意成为定期献血者的一次性献血者比不愿意的人更受提醒献血的激励（p=0.000）。非献血者最常见的障碍是“医院工作人员态度不佳”和“担心感染”。年轻女性和豪萨族女性比老年女性和其他部落的女性更因“献血过程中缺乏隐私”而受到阻碍（p 值分别为 0.008 和 0.006）。献血的最吸引人的激励因素是医疗咨询和献血证书。
通过定期向献血者发送提醒，特别是一次性献血者，并对基础设施进行调整，以改善献血点的隐私，可以提高尼日利亚女性参与献血的积极性。还应制定具体和有针对性的能力建设举措，以改变医院工作人员在尼日利亚工作的态度。
