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Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University
In Qatar, one out of every ten patients admitted to the hospitals is in urgent need of a blood transfusion or blood products. The aims of this study are as follows: (1) to assess the level of awareness and knowledge about blood donation and (2) to identify the factors that contribute to the willingn...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8391523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34442063 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080926 |
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author | Ibrahim, Amal Abdulsalam Koç, Muammer Abdallah, Atiyeh M. |
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description | In Qatar, one out of every ten patients admitted to the hospitals is in urgent need of a blood transfusion or blood products. The aims of this study are as follows: (1) to assess the level of awareness and knowledge about blood donation and (2) to identify the factors that contribute to the willingness to donate blood among young adults. A cross-sectional survey using a constructed questionnaire was conducted among students at Qatar University. A total of 590 responses were collected, out of which 423 were suitable for analysis. Only 72 out of 472 (15%) participants were blood donors. The chi-square test and t-test were then used to study the association of blood donation status with different factors. Significant values were considered to be p ≤ 0.5. Gender and age were found to be significantly associated with blood donation status, with a higher frequency of donation among males and adults above the age of 24 years old. On the other hand, the total knowledge score was found to not be significantly associated with blood donation status with a mean score of 60.5% for both groups (blood donors, non-blood donors). The most common motivators that encouraged blood donors were donating to help people, followed by having a blood mobile unit come to your place, whereas the most common barriers reported by non-blood donors were failing to meet the requirements, followed by “never having been asked to give blood”. This is the first study in Qatar to assess blood donation status. It provides insights that would help in developing effective strategies for the recruitment and retention of young adult blood donors in Qatar and countries with similar cultures. Raising awareness about blood donation, along with providing more mobile blood donation units at public places, will aid in increasing the frequency of blood donation among young adults. |
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spelling | pubmed-83915232021-08-28 Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University Ibrahim, Amal Abdulsalam Koç, Muammer Abdallah, Atiyeh M. Healthcare (Basel) Article In Qatar, one out of every ten patients admitted to the hospitals is in urgent need of a blood transfusion or blood products. The aims of this study are as follows: (1) to assess the level of awareness and knowledge about blood donation and (2) to identify the factors that contribute to the willingness to donate blood among young adults. A cross-sectional survey using a constructed questionnaire was conducted among students at Qatar University. A total of 590 responses were collected, out of which 423 were suitable for analysis. Only 72 out of 472 (15%) participants were blood donors. The chi-square test and t-test were then used to study the association of blood donation status with different factors. Significant values were considered to be p ≤ 0.5. Gender and age were found to be significantly associated with blood donation status, with a higher frequency of donation among males and adults above the age of 24 years old. On the other hand, the total knowledge score was found to not be significantly associated with blood donation status with a mean score of 60.5% for both groups (blood donors, non-blood donors). The most common motivators that encouraged blood donors were donating to help people, followed by having a blood mobile unit come to your place, whereas the most common barriers reported by non-blood donors were failing to meet the requirements, followed by “never having been asked to give blood”. This is the first study in Qatar to assess blood donation status. It provides insights that would help in developing effective strategies for the recruitment and retention of young adult blood donors in Qatar and countries with similar cultures. Raising awareness about blood donation, along with providing more mobile blood donation units at public places, will aid in increasing the frequency of blood donation among young adults. MDPI 2021-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC8391523/ /pubmed/34442063 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080926 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Ibrahim, Amal Abdulsalam Koç, Muammer Abdallah, Atiyeh M. Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University |
title | Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University |
title_full | Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University |
title_fullStr | Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University |
title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University |
title_short | Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation among Students at Qatar University |
title_sort | knowledge level, motivators and barriers of blood donation among students at qatar university |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8391523/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34442063 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9080926 |
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