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Knowledge and attitude towards voluntary blood donation among students from Mumbai University

  • Background: Blood is scarce; its demand far outweighs the supply. In addition to limited supply, the issue of safety especially with regard to the risk of transfusion transmissible infection is also an issue of utmost concern especially in the developing countries. Blood transfusion services in India have gained special significance in recent years and forms a vital part of national health care system. Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donation (VNRBD) is the safest of all types of blood donations. One of the potential sources that can be tapped for blood donation is the young and physically fit students from educational institutions across India. Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out among students from Mumbai University, India during May–June 2017. Two hundred and fifty students were approached to participate in the study of which 201 agreed to participate (males: 104; females: 97). Pretested questionnaire was distributed and collected data was analyzed using IBM SPSS version 23. Results: High number of participants agreed about encouraging general public about voluntary blood donation (96%; 193/201), lack of awareness about VBD in general public (82%; 164/201). But not a single participant was able to respond to the knowledge part of the questionnaire with 100% accuracy. Almost all the participants had correct knowledge about blood groups (98%; 196/201) and blood matching need (195/201; 97%). Conclusions: Participants showed good attitude but demonstrated poor knowledge about voluntary blood donation. Details about blood donation should be incorporated in the undergraduate curriculum and periodic awareness programs should be organized for students.

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Author:Dnyanesh LimayeORCiDGND, Pooja Naik, Tejal Varekar, Priyanka Salunkhe, Chaitali Shah, Arlan Sydymanov, Vaidehi Limaye, Ravi Shankar Pitani, Sushama Sathe, Atul Kapadi, Gerhard FortwengelORCiDGND
URN:urn:nbn:de:bsz:960-opus4-13413
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25968/opus-1341
DOI original:https://doi.org/10.18203/issn.2454-2156.IntJSciRep20182202
ISSN:2454-2164
Parent Title (English):International Journal of Scientific Reports
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Year of Completion:2018
Publishing Institution:Hochschule Hannover
Release Date:2019/05/29
Tag:Attitude; India; Knowledge; Mumbai; University students; Voluntary blood donation
GND Keyword:Blutspende; Wissen; Einstellung; Student; Indien
Volume:2018
Issue:4(6)
First Page:142
Last Page:146
Link to catalogue:1690190019
Institutes:Fakultät III - Medien, Information und Design
DDC classes:610 Medizin, Gesundheit
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - CC BY-NC - Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 4.0 International