Çiçek Ramazan, Dinç Ayten
Turkish Red Crescent, Bursa Branch, Bursa, Türkiye.
Department of Midwifery, Faculty of Health Sciences, Canakkale Onsekiz Mart University, Canakkale, Türkiye.
Int J Hematol Oncol Stem Cell Res. 2024 Oct 1;18(4):367-376. doi: 10.18502/ijhoscr.v18i4.16761.
Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is a life-saving treatment method for numerous diseases. This study aims to determine the knowledge and attitudes of Faculty of Health Sciences students in a university towards hematopoietic stem cell donation and descriptive cross-sectional design. The study participants consisted of students studying at the Faculty of Health Sciences of a university in western Turkey. A total of 345 students were available to complete a survey. The data were collected online through the Google Form. Data were analyzed using the SPSS 25 program (IBM Corp.; Armonk, NY, USA). Moreover, the Chi-square test, independent samples t-test, and one-way ANOVA were used in this study. 25.2% were registered at "The Turkish Stem Cell Coordination Center", and 89.1% of the unregistered ones wanted to be a stem cell donor. The university students had a moderate level of knowledge about stem cell donation. While the participants were more knowledgeable about stem cell collection with the peripheral method, they had poor knowledge of stem cell collection methods from the bone marrow and stem cell donation processes. There was a significant correlation between the students' level of knowledge about hematopoietic stem cell donation and their university year, occupation, age, graduate school, and parents' educational level (p<0.05). In this study, it was found that the university students had insufficient knowledge on hematopoietic stem cell donation and their intention to donate stem cells was high. Holding training sessions, seminars, and conferences for university students as future health professionals to raise their awareness of stem cell donation is recommended. The fact that new-generation health professionals are sensitive and educated about stem cell donation can contribute to increasing stem cell donations in society.
造血干细胞移植是治疗众多疾病的一种挽救生命的治疗方法。本研究旨在确定一所大学健康科学学院学生对造血干细胞捐献的认知和态度，并采用描述性横断面设计。
研究参与者包括土耳其西部一所大学健康科学学院的学生。共有345名学生可以完成一项调查。数据通过谷歌表单在线收集。使用SPSS 25程序（IBM公司；美国纽约州阿蒙克）对数据进行分析。此外，本研究还使用了卡方检验、独立样本t检验和单因素方差分析。25.2%的学生在“土耳其干细胞协调中心”登记，未登记的学生中有89.1%希望成为干细胞捐献者。大学生对干细胞捐献的了解程度中等。虽然参与者对通过外周血方法采集干细胞的了解较多，但他们对骨髓干细胞采集方法和干细胞捐献过程的了解较少。学生对造血干细胞捐献的了解程度与他们的大学年级、职业、年龄、研究生院和父母的教育水平之间存在显著相关性（p<0.05）。在本研究中，发现大学生对造血干细胞捐献的知识不足，但他们捐献干细胞的意愿较高。建议为作为未来健康专业人员的大学生举办培训课程、研讨会和会议，以提高他们对干细胞捐献的认识。新一代健康专业人员对干细胞捐献敏感且受过教育，这一事实有助于增加社会中的干细胞捐献。
