Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding blood donation among medical students of Tamil Nadu- a cross sectional study
dc.contributor.author | Govindasamy, Venkatesh | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sivasankaran, Devendiran | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Purushothaman, Vaithiyanathan | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-06T08:50:32Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-05-06T08:50:32Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-10 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Blood can save millions of life. Blood transfusion is one of the most crucial interventions in conditions like trauma, childbirth, and various other medical and surgical life-saving procedures. In spite of extensive efforts and a number of blood donation programs being organized worldwide, the availability of blood remains too short to meet the demand. Students of health education form a potential source of eligible regular voluntary donors and also play a cruel role in motivating potential donors from the general population.Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted among the medical students and interns of Government Thiruvannamalai Medical College in July 2018. Universal sampling was done for this study. A pretested structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Data entry and analysis was done using SPSS software version 21.Results: Out of 460 students, 53.3% have adequate knowledge about blood donation. 57.8% of students have positive attitude towards blood donation. Only 31.4% of them have donated blood before and anaemia was found to be the main reason among non-donors for not having donated blood.Conclusions: More than half of the students have adequate knowledge and positive attitude towards blood donation. Less than one-third have donated blood. It is recommended that there is a need to adopt strategies to sensitize and motivate them towards voluntary blood donation early in their medical career. | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Govindasamy Venkatesh, Sivasankaran Devendiran, Purushothaman Vaithiyanathan. Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding blood donation among medical students of Tamil Nadu- a cross sectional study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Oct; 6(10): 4583-4587 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 2394-6032 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2394-6040 | |
dc.identifier.place | India | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201679 | |
dc.language | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Medip Academy | en_US |
dc.relation.issuenumber | 10 | en_US |
dc.relation.volume | 6 | en_US |
dc.source.uri | https://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20194532 | en_US |
dc.subject | Blood donation | en_US |
dc.subject | Medical students | en_US |
dc.subject | Knowledge | en_US |
dc.subject | Attitude | en_US |
dc.title | Knowledge, attitude and practice regarding blood donation among medical students of Tamil Nadu- a cross sectional study | en_US |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_US |
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