Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Abstract

Factors Affecting Voluntary Blood Donation among Admas University Students, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A Case Control Study

Abraham Tenaw, Mesafint Abeje Tiruneh, Kidanemariam G, Michael Beyene

Introduction: Blood donation is an act of a healthy person giving blood which will be used by another person in transfusion therapy and since it is a non-pharmaceutical product it has to come directly from a human being through donation. Accessibility of a safe and adequate blood transfusion is a challenge worldwide and even more critical in sub -Saharan Africa. There is limited information regarding blood donation practice and associated factors in Ethiopia including the study area. Hence, this study aimed to determine factors affecting voluntary blood donation among Adams University Students in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Methods and materials: Institutional based unmatched case control study was conducted from July 23, 2019 to September 15, 2019 among 402 Adams University students in Addis Ababa. Simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. A self-administered structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Binary logistic regression analysis was used to see the factors affecting voluntary blood donations. Odds ratio with 95% CI and p-value were calculated to ascertain the association between dependent and independents variables and variables with p-value <0.05 will be considered as statistically significant.

Result: Level of education (AOR=3.73, 95% CI:1.21, 11.45), department (AOR=2.90, 95% CI: 1.82, 24.23), attitude towards voluntary blood donation (AOR=2.01, 95% CI: 1.02, 3.97), mass media (AOR=9.80, 95% CI: 1.79, 53.80), social media (AOR=1.70, 95% CI: 1.06, 2.79) and trust on blood transfusion services (AOR=0.03, 95% CI: 0.01,0.29) were significantly associated with voluntary blood donation among Admas University students.

Conclusion: Level of education, department, mass media, social media, attitude towards voluntary blood donation, and trust on blood transfusion services were significantly associated with voluntary blood donation among Admas University students. Therefore, an intervention activity to bring attitude changes and to increase knowledge level of students on voluntary blood donation is crucial. Clubs in the university should organize different events to build students attitude positively and to increase the numbers of blood donors.

Published Date: 2021-02-26; Received Date: 2021-02-05