Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation Among Adults at Qatar University: A Cross-Sectional Survey

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طب

الملخص

One out of every ten patients admitted to the hospital are in urgentneed of blood transfusion or blood products in Qatar. This study aims are (1) Assess thelevel of knowledge towards blood donation and (2) Identify factors that contribute tothe willingness to donate blood among young adults at Qatar University.METHODS: A cross-sectional study using constructed questionnaire was conductedamong students at Qatar University. Chi-square test and T-test has been used to studythe association of blood donation status with different factors.RESULTS: A total of 590 responses were collected, out of which 423 were suitable foranalysis. Only 72 out of 472 participants (15%) of participants were blood donors.Gender and age was found to be significantly associated with blood donation status,with higher frequency of donation among males and young adults above the age of 24years old. The total knowledge score has not been found to be significantly associatedwith 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 todonate blood are donating to help people, followed by having a blood mobile unit cometo your place. Whereas, the most common barriers reported by non-blood donors arefailing to meet the requirements, followed by no one ever asked me to give blood.CONCLUSION: Our study provides insights and guidelines that would help indeveloping effective strategies for recruitment and retention of young adult blooddonors. Raising the awareness about blood donation, along with providing more mobile blood donation units at public places and developing a mobile application for blooddonation will aid in increasing the frequency of blood donation among young adults.

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التعريف والنوع

رقم الوثيقة

000b9cfb-412a-415e-a1fc-1fa15b8007de

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نوع الوسائط

Crawler

نوع المحتوى

الرسائل العلمية

صيغة المصدر

رسائل ماجيستير

نوع الملف

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أسماء الملفات

2018221_1.pdf

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ألقاب المؤلفين

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اللغة

English

المصدر والدورية

اسم المصدر

Knowledge Level, Motivators and Barriers of Blood Donation Among Adults at Qatar University: A Cross-Sectional Survey

المحتوى والصفحات

عدد الصفحات

0

إشراف وإعداد

الإشراف

عطية عبدالله

الإعداد

أمل إبراهيم

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