Factors associated with positive attitude towards blood donation among medical students

Tatjana Gazibara; Nikolina Kovacevic; Gorica Maric; Ilma Kurtagic; Selmina Nurkovic; Darija Kisic-Tepavcevic; Tatjana Pekmezovic

doi:10.1016/j.transci.2015.07.007

Factors associated with positive attitude towards blood donation among medical students

Transfus Apher Sci. 2015 Dec;53(3):381-5. doi: 10.1016/j.transci.2015.07.007. Epub 2015 Aug 7.

Authors

Tatjana Gazibara¹, Nikolina Kovacevic¹, Gorica Maric¹, Ilma Kurtagic¹, Selmina Nurkovic¹, Darija Kisic-Tepavcevic¹, Tatjana Pekmezovic²

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.
² Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Visegradska 26A, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia. Electronic address: pekmezovic@sezampro.rs.

PMID: 26297188
DOI: 10.1016/j.transci.2015.07.007

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess attitudes and practice of blood donation among medical students. Medical students were recruited at Medical Faculty, University of Belgrade, Serbia. Of 973 students, 38.4% of freshmen and 41.4% of final year students have donated blood (χ(2) = 0.918, p = 0.186). Blood donors had significantly more positive attitude towards some aspects of blood donation. Being female, residing in a city other than the capital and previous blood donation experience were independent predictors of positive attitude towards being a blood donor to an unknown person. Efforts are required to augment blood donor pool among future physicians.

Keywords: Attitude; Blood donation; Medical students.

MeSH terms

Adult
Attitude*
Blood Donors / psychology*
Female
Humans
Male
Students, Medical / psychology*