Abstract: Background: Blood safety is an essential part of improving healthcare worldwide, and millions of lives are saved each year by donating blood. But most hospitals in the developing world face the problem of a lack of a constant blood supply to perform various life-saving procedures that require blood, due to a shortage of blood donors. There have been many studies on blood donation awareness, but only a few have focused on medical students. Objective: To determine the awareness of blood donations among medical and pharmacy students at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi campus and Agulu respectively. Materials and Methods: Stratified sampling technique was used to divide students into strata (200, 300, 400, 500 and 600), and then simple random sampling to select different respondents from each class and self-administered questionnaires were administered. given to students. respondent.
Data is collected and results analyzed. Results: 294 respondents, 147 medical students and 147 pharmacy students participated in the study 141 (95.9%) medical students and 137 (93.2%) pharmacy students had heard of blood donation. . 139 (94.6%) medical students and 140 (95.2%) pharmacy students know their blood type. 59.5% of respondents have ever donated blood. The most common motivation to donate blood is "to save a friend or family member".
Conclusion: Students' knowledge about blood donation is high, but blood donation practice is still low.
Keywords: Perception, Blood Donation, Students, pharmacy.
Title: Prospective study on blood donation awareness of medical science students at Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka
Author: Wadha mulfi aljahdali, Ali Yousef Alshadoukhi, Abdullah raddad Almaslokhi, Alkhuzama Hasson Alhasson
International Journal of Life Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-313X (Print), ISSN 2348-3148 (online)
Vol. 11, Issue 2, April 2023 - June 2023
Page No: 32-38
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Published Date: 19-April-2023
