Association between religiousness and blood donation among Brazilian postgraduate students from health-related areas

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiousness and blood donation among postgraduate students. METHODS: The Portuguese-language version of the Duke University Religion Index was administered to a sample of 226 Brazilian students with ages ranging from 22 to 55...

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Autores principales: Zangiacomi Martinez, Edson, dos Santos Almeida, Rodrigo Guimarães, Garcia Braz, Ana Carolina, Duarte de Carvalho, Antonio Carlos
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Hematologia e Hemoterapia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4109732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031057
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bjhh.2014.03.012
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Sumario:OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to examine the association between religiousness and blood donation among postgraduate students. METHODS: The Portuguese-language version of the Duke University Religion Index was administered to a sample of 226 Brazilian students with ages ranging from 22 to 55 years. All study participants had completed undergraduate courses in health-related areas. RESULTS: In the present study, 23.5% of the students were regular donors. Organizational religiousness was found to be associated with attitudes related to blood donation. This study also shows evidence that regular blood donors have a higher intrinsic religiousness than subjects who donate only once and do not return. CONCLUSION: This study shows that the attitudes concerning blood donation may have some association with religiosity.

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