Tabassum Islam, Mahrukh Aslam, Marium Shabir, Shabbar Hussain Changazi, Samiullah Bhatti, Qamar Ashfaq Ahmad.
Attitude and Trends of Undergraduate Medical Students towards Blood Donations in services Institute of Medical Sciences, Lahore.
Esculapio J Services Inst Med Sci Jan ;15(3):217-20.

Objective: To evaluate attitude, trends and willingness towards blood donation and its associated factors among undergraduate medical students. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted in Services Institute of Medical Sciences Lahore from August 2018 to December 2018.A validated questionnaire regarding blood donation was used for data collection and was administered to all selected medical students. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 20. Data were represented using Simple frequencies and percentages, and Pearson Chi-square test was applied to calculate association between different variables with p value considered as significant when <0.05. Results: Total of 400 students were interviewed. The mean age of the students was 23 years. 60% of students were female while 40% of students were male. 30% of students were from preclinical classes and 70% of patients were from clinical classes. 70% of students had positive attitude toward blood donation, 20% of had neutral and only 10% had negative attitude toward blood donation. 45% of students had previous history of blood donations while 55% students had not. 77.7% of students showed willingness for blood donations while 22.5% of students revealed disinclination for blood donation. Male students and students of clinical classes had more frequently donated blood and more willing to donate blood with statistically significant difference. Conclusion: It was concluded that most of medical students had positive attitude toward blood donation and majority of students were willing to donate blood. However, the students who donated blood was low, especially in female students.

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