A. Chughtai, M. S. Abdullah, I. Naiyar, A. F. Anjum, M. Z. Anwar, I. Noor, S. Shoaib, M. R. Ul I. Hashmi, S. N. Hashmi, T. Laique

Misconceptions About Blood Donation Among CMH Kharain Medical College Employees

A. Chughtai, M. S. Abdullah, I. Naiyar, A. F. Anjum, M. Z. Anwar, I. Noor, S. Shoaib, M. R. Ul I. Hashmi, S. N. Hashmi, T. Laique



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ABSTRACT

Blood donation acts as a life saving measure and steps are required to remove misunderstanding about current issues. Blood donation is required every second in life globally.

Purpose: To determine and evaluate an attitude and knowledge of people regarding blood donation.

Study Design: Descriptive cross sectional study.

Methodology: Present study was conducted among the employees of CMH Kharian Medical College over a time period of 3 months. Data was collected by self structured questionnaire through convenient sampling. Data analysis was done by SPSS 20.

Results: Out of 180 participants, 87% had donated blood in the past, 81.66% were willing to accept blood donation. Most of the participants were unafraid of donating blood (83.34%). Only 35% thought that they will catch infection while 71.67% believed that they will become obese, unconscious and anemic.

Conclusion: We concluded that there was a positive attitude among the respondents towards blood donation. However, survey showed that blood donation (voluntarily & regularly) was low in actual practice according to WHO standards. Most likely reasons included misconception related to it. Hence, government should plan a strategy to educate common people regarding this health issue.

Key word: Blood Donation, Attitude, Health Issue and Employees.



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