Knowledge, attitude and practice towards blood donation and associated factors among adults in Debre Markos town, Northwest Ethiopia.

Q2 Medicine BMC Hematology Pub Date : 2016-09-05 eCollection Date: 2016-01-01 DOI:10.1186/s12878-016-0062-8
Yenework Acham Jemberu, Ahmed Esmael, Kedir Y Ahmed
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Abstract

Background: Although the demand for blood supply has progressively increased in developing countries, evidences indicate that there is a major shortage of blood and blood products in these countries, particularly in Ethiopia. Thus, identifying motivational factors affecting blood donation and recruitment of safe and low risk donors is necessary. For this reason, the study aimed at assessing knowledge, attitude, and practice towards blood donation and its associated factors.

Methods: A community based cross-sectional study was conducted in Debre Markos town from February to April, 2015. Multi-stage sampling technique was employed to recruit a total of 845 study participants. Interviewer administered questionnaire was employed as a data collection tool. Binary logistic regression was applied to assess the relationship between explanatory variables and outcome variables.

Results: In this study, 436 (56.5 %) and 403 (52.2 %) were found to be knowledgeable and having favorable attitude, respectively, while the other 124 (16.1 %) reported to have the practice of blood donation. Younger age group, male sex, those who attended formal education and radio listener were significantly associated with the knowledge of blood donation. Attending secondary and above education, having higher income, listening to radio broadcasts, and knowledge of blood donation were found to be the independent predictors of attitude. The practice of blood donation was higher among respondents who were older, attended certificate and above education, knowledgeable, and favorable attitude groups.

Conclusion: The prevalence of knowledge and practice of blood donation is found to be higher compared to similar study conducted in Mekelle, whereas the level of attitude is found to be lower. The finding of this study also justified any possible interventions on the independent predictors. There should be a regularly scheduled awareness creation and voluntary blood donation campaigns organized at the community level to utilize potential blood donors.

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埃塞俄比亚西北部Debre Markos镇成年人献血的知识、态度和行为及其相关因素
背景:尽管发展中国家对血液供应的需求逐渐增加,但有证据表明,这些国家,特别是埃塞俄比亚,存在血液和血液制品的严重短缺。因此,确定影响献血和招募安全和低风险献血者的动机因素是必要的。因此,本研究旨在评估献血的知识、态度和实践及其相关因素。方法:2015年2 - 4月在Debre Markos镇进行以社区为基础的横断面研究。采用多阶段抽样方法,共招募845名研究参与者。采用采访者管理问卷作为数据收集工具。采用二元逻辑回归评估解释变量与结果变量之间的关系。结果:本研究中,有献血知识和献血态度的分别为436人(56.5%)和403人(52.2%),有献血行为的124人(16.1%)。较年轻的年龄组、男性、接受过正规教育的人和收听广播的人对献血的了解显著相关。受中等及以上教育程度、较高收入、收听电台广播和献血知识被发现是态度的独立预测因子。年龄较大、学历及以上、知识渊博、态度良好的被调查者献血行为较高。结论:我市献血知识和献血行为的知晓率高于同类调查,而献血态度的知晓率低于同类调查。这项研究的发现也证明了对独立预测因子的任何可能的干预。应定期在社区一级组织提高认识和自愿献血运动,以利用潜在的献血者。
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期刊介绍: BMC Hematology is an open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on basic, experimental and clinical research related to hematology. The journal welcomes submissions on non-malignant and malignant hematological diseases, hemostasis and thrombosis, hematopoiesis, stem cells and transplantation.
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