<p>Voluntary Blood Donation Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Central Ethiopia</p>

Abstract

Background: Increasing the availability of safe blood is a major challenge in developing countries. Given the scant amount of community-based data in Africa, this study examines the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of blood donation of Ethiopian adults. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 421 adult residents of Adama town using face-to-face interviews with translated questionnaires. Knowledge and attitude levels were assessed using a set of questions and those who answered above mean for knowledge and attitude questions were categorized as above-average knowledge level and favorable attitude, respectively. The data were coded and entered into EPI Info™ version 7, transferred to SPSS version 25 for cleaning and analysis. All variables with p<0.25 in the bivariable analysis were examined as candidate variables in the multivariable logistic regression models. Results: Less than half, 47% (95% CI: 42-52%) of the study participants have aboveaverage knowledge level about blood donation and 48% (95% CI: 43-53%) have favorable attitudes towards blood donation. Only 17% (95% CI: 13-21%) of study participants ever donated blood of which 14.6% of them donated for replacement and less than 2% (1.95%) are voluntary donors. Younger age of 18-25 AOR: 95% CI: 3.40 (1.30, 12.43), having good knowledge AOR: 95% CI: 2.21 (1.26, 3.89) and favorable attitude AOR: 95% CI: 10.25 (4.90, 21.44) were factors independently associated with blood donation practice. Conclusion: The level of blood donation practiced in the study area is low. Low knowledge and poor attitudes are independent predictors of low inclination to donate, so awareness creation and improving attitudes in blood donation campaigns, particularly among older people is necessary to increase voluntary blood donation.

Voluntary blood donation practice and its associated factors among civil servants in Bale Robe town, Southeast Ethiopia, 2021

“…This finding was consistent with the result from a study conducted in Ambo town where 40.4% of respondents have good knowledge about voluntary blood donation. 5 This result was also supported by the results of the study conducted in Tamilnadu, India, Adama town, and Harar town in which 45%, 27 47%, 22 and 43.6% 25 of participants have good knowledge about voluntary blood donation. However, this result was lower than the study conducted in Aman sub-city, Southwest Ethiopia 19 and Riyadh city, Saudi Arabia 29 where 76% and 78% of respondents had good knowledge about blood donation, respectively.…”

Blood Donation Practice and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

“…Twenty articles were included in this systematic review and meta-analysis: 7 from the Amhara region [ 11 , 13 , 17 , 23 – 26 ], 6 from the Oromia region [ 6 , 27 – 31 ], 2 from the Addis Ababa city administration [ 12 , 14 ], 2 from the Southern Nation Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) [ 32 , 33 ], 2 from the Tigray region [ 34 , 35 ], and 1 from the Afar region [ 4 ]. There are 8546 study participants (4860 male and 3686 female) included in this review.…”

Community survey on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of blood donation in Ebonyi State, Southeast Nigeria

“…23 Similar to previous studies, despite having a good knowledge and attitude on blood donation, only 32.5% of respondents in the current study had good donation practice of which most are family replacement donors. [24][25][26] Reasons for not donating blood include that; no one asked for it, they did not think of it, fear of pain, fear of becoming anaemic after blood donation and selfperceived unfitness to donate due to manual work (mostly farming). The dissociation between attitude and practice of blood donation revealed by this study shows that people are willing to donate, but have barriers to the practice of blood donation.…”