Psychosocial Variables of Voluntary Blood Donors at Blood Bank of a Medical College |
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Authors: | Sougat Ray Zile Singh A Banerjee |
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Institution: | *Officer In-charge, Station Health Organization, Visakpatnam;+Senior Advisor(PSM), Military Hospital Jalandhar Cantt;#Deputy Assistant Director Health, HQ 101 Area (Med), C/o 99 APO |
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Abstract: | BackgroundThis study was undertaken to study the motivational factors leading to voluntary blood donation and understanding the psychosocial variables of blood donors.Methods300 blood donors were selected by systematic random sampling method.ResultIt was observed that most of the voluntary donors were males (89.3%) and belonged to age group 16-25 years (48%). Most of the donors (93.46%) had studied upto high school and above and 84.33% of the donors belonged to the middle class. 27% of the donors had donated blood previously. The common motivational factors to donate blood were for ‘a good cause'', ‘for the society’ and ‘to save a life''. 4.67% of them donated blood for self satisfaction.ConclusionMotivation, recruitment and retention of voluntary blood donors are important criteria to achieve safe blood donation.Key Words: Motivation, Psychosocial, Voluntary, Blood Donors |
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