aDepartment of General Medicine, SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Hariyana, India
bDepartment of Ophthalmology, SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Hariyana, India
cDepartment of Community Medicine, SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Hariyana, India
dDepartment of Community Medicine, SHKM Govt. Medical College, Mewat, Hariyana, India
eDepartment of Microbiology, MSDS Medical College, Fatehgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India
fDepartment of Orthodontics, Indira Gandhi Government Dental College, Jammu, Jammu & Kashmir, India
gDeputy Assistant, Director Health, 19 Inf. Div
1Corresponding author
Online published on 20 April, 2016.
The present study was planned with the aim of identifying barriers to blood donation from a tertiary care teaching institution. When asked what would prevent them from giving blood, 21% said it was too inconvenient, 18% were afraid of needles, 17% stated it took too much time, 12% were concerned about contracting a disease while giving blood, and 7% were concerned about finding out if they had a disease. Medical reasons reported as preventing donations included anemia, 18%; diabetes, 4%; and pregnancy, 4%. Eleven percent of the respondents answered “don't know” or refused to answer, while 7% gave no reason. Low education status (OR = 2.25, 95% CI 1.51 – 5.23) and low socioeconomic status (OR = 4.47, 95% CI 2.11 – 15.06) were found to be significantly associated with poor knowledge regarding blood donation.
Barriers, Blood donation, Donors, Motivation
