European Journal of Molecular & Clinical Medicine

Abstract

Background: Availability of blood and its components is becoming scarce day by day because of increasing demand due to rise in human life expectancy and the implementation of  new  and  aggressive  therapeutic  methods  requiring  large  quantities  of  blood  and  blood products; but supply is not matching with the demand. In many instances replacement donors are not available like in emergency, non-availability of eligible donors among patient attenders, thalassemia patients who require frequent blood transfusion and cannot arrange for replacement donor every time. Supply of both replacement and voluntary blood donors are increasing but still not  matching  with  the  increasing  demand.
Aims:  To  educate  community  regarding  blood donation  and  increase  the  knowledge  &  willingness  for  replacement  and  voluntary  blood donation. 
Materials  and  Methods:  This  is  prospective  study  conducted  during blood donation camps  during  the year of Jan 2020- May 2022. The blood donation camps  were conducted in private blood bank. A total of 700 donors comprising of both males and females were taken. Out of these donors 380 had voluntarily donated blood at our Blood Bank of kalaburagi
Results: A total of383 patients have donated blood voluntarily again in our blood bank. Majority (65%) of donors among  respondents  donated  blood  voluntarily,  30%  had  donated  blood  only  for  relatives  or friends. A total of 200 (28.5%) men and 80 (11.4%) women had donated blood at least once in the  past. 
Conclusions:  The  finding  of  the  research  indicated  that  the  perceptions  toward blood donation could be influenced to a large extent by knowledge significantly related with the occupation and education among the general population.