Open AccessPractice of Blood Donation and Associated Factors among Adults of Gondar City, Northwest Ethiopia: Bayesian Analysis Approach
Author(s) -
Ayenew Kassie,
Setognal Birara
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of blood medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.676
H-Index - 18
ISSN - 1179-2736
DOI - 10.2147/jbm.s283991
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , blood donor , demography , donation , blood transfusion , family medicine , environmental health , surgery , immunology , sociology , economics , economic growth
Blood transfusion is an essential part of modern health care. In Ethiopia, it had been planned to collect 202,000 units of blood in 2016-2017, but the actual amount collected was 169,744. The Bayesian approach has an advantage in that estimation of model parameters is conducted based on posterior distribution. This study aimed to assess the practice of blood donation and associated factors among adults of Gondar city, northwest Ethiopia using Bayesian analysis.