Keywords
medical students
voluntary
hemorrhage
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to determine the knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation among medical students Wah Medical college.
Study Design: A cross-sectional study was conducted.
Place and duration of study: The study was conducted in Wah Medical College from February 25 to May 2025
Material and Methods: A Cross-sectional study was carried out in Wah Medical College from February 25 to May 2025. All 600 undergraduate medical students of WMC were included in the study. A questionnaire was formulated after extensive literature search. The first part of the questionnaire comprised of demographic profile, and the rest of it is comprised of questions for assessing knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation of the students. Collected data was analyzed using SPSS version 26.0.
Results: The response rate was 372 out of 600 (62%). 51.9% students are from 4th year MBBS. 75% of the respondents have never donated blood. The mean score of knowledge for blood donation was 10 +1.8 and 261(70%) of the individuals have poor knowledge about blood donation. However, 344 (92%) individuals want to encourage others to donate blood. 319(86%) wished to participate in the blood donation camp if held in college. A significant difference was found between the blood donation practice and the gender i.e. p value of 0.00. An Insignificant association was noted between knowledge of donation of blood and among male and female students; a significant connotation was noted between the knowledge of blood donation and the year of study i.e. p value of 0.005.
Conclusion: There was a great need of creating awareness about importance of blood donation among whole population. There is also a need to remove all the myths and misconceptions about donating blood
Keywords: Blood donation, medical student, voluntary, hemorrhage
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