Title: A Study on knowledge, Attitude and Practice of voluntary blood donation among the undergraduates of Raja Rajeswari Group of institutions (Medical, Dental and Engineering) Bangalore Karnataka
Authors: Dr Neelkanth Kote, Dr Shilpa Marigowda
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v5i3.46
Abstract
Aim: The study aims to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of voluntary blood donations among the undergraduate students of Raja Rajeswari group of the institution Bangalore.
Objective: To understand the various factors contributing to the knowledge, attitude and practice of voluntary blood donation among the undergraduate students of Raja Rajeswari group of the institution Bangalore.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 300 undergraduate students of Raja Rajeswari Medical, Dental and ACS Engineering College Bangalore in the academic year of 2012-13. A standard set of multiple choice questions consisting 07 questions on knowledge, attitude and practice of voluntary blood donation was provided to the students with a time period of 3 minutes to answer all the questions. At the end, the results were expressed in percentage and analyzed.
Results: Overall knowledge of students on voluntary blood donation was average with very good attitude towards voluntary blood donation and The majority (88 %) of the students showed willingness to participate in voluntary blood donation on regular basis. 90.7 % of total study population opines that blood donation is a noble cause. About 10 % of the participants had previous experience of voluntary blood donation and 37 % of the blood donors had a bad experience during voluntary blood donation.
Keywords: Voluntary Blood Donation (VBD), undergraduate students, health education.
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