Open AccessBLOOD DONATION;
Author(s) -
Muhammad Zahid Latif,
Haroon Riaz,
Syed Waseem Ahmad Mujtaba,
Rahila Nizami
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
the professional medical journal/the professional medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2071-7733
pISSN - 1024-8919
DOI - 10.29309/tpmj/2017.24.03.1546
Subject(s) - medicine , blood donor , family medicine , donation , blood transfusion , surgery , immunology , economics , economic growth
Objectives: This study was conducted to assess the knowledge, attitude andpractices of students regarding blood transfusion in a medical institute. Settings: Azra NaheedMedical College Raiwind road Lahore. Study Design: Descriptive, cross sectional study. StudyPeriod: May and June, 2015. Methods: After the approval of the ethical institutional reviewcommittee, 168 students of 4th year MBBS and 6th semester DPT were included in this study.The data was collected on a structured questionnaire. This data was entered in the version 16of SPSS and analyzed by the use of statistical tools. Results: Out of the total 168 participants,90 (53.6 %) were the students of MBBS, whereas 78 (46.4 %) were the students of DPT. The ageof the respondents ranges between 19 to 28 years. 81 (48-2 %) were male students whereas87 (51.8 %) were females. The results represent that the medical students are having a goodknowledge regarding blood donation but a clear majority of the respondents (63.7 %) havenever donated blood. However a vast majority (78 %) of the participants responded to donateblood in near future. Conclusion: .The blood donation and transfusion is a safe procedure,but it may affect the health of recipient if the necessary measures are not observed. This studyreflects that medical students have good knowledge about blood donation and are willingto donate in near future. A campaign for awareness and motivation regarding voluntary andunpaid blood donation can help to achieve the target of WHO for safe blood transfusion.