Volunteer Blood Donors in Anhui Province:An Analysis of Situation
- VernacularTitle:安徽省无偿献血人群现状的调查分析
- Author:
Hongmei WANG
;
Ping YAO
;
Ming ZHOU
;
Hong SU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Volunteer blood donation;
Group of blood donors;
Safety of transfusion
- From:
Chinese Journal of Nosocomiology
2006;0(06):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE To explore the situation of physical and mental health and related factors among voluntary blood donors in Anhui Province in order to provide scientific basis to the improvement of voluntary blood donation.METHODS Taking the method to study the situation of blood donors,and selecting five representative cities(the southern part of Anhui: Huangshan and Chaohu,the central part of Anhui:Hefei and the northern part of Anhui:Suzhou and Bozhou).Totally 978 blood donors were investigated by SRHMS and detected their health,behavior and knowledge.RESULTS There were 558(57.1%)first time donors,with 85.1% of higher educational level,and other 420(42.9%) donated blood more than two times,with 91.0% of higher educational level.They all were mainly students(78.32% vs 63.10%).The total equipartition score of volunteer blood donators on health was 347.95?43.92,it was 143.54?16.40 on physiological health,110.59?22.89 on psycho-health,and 94.51?13.78 on social health.CONCLUSIONS Nowadays the volunteer blood donors are mainly from the students and the people with higher cultural level in Anhui Province.We should strengthen the propaganda on the work of volunteer blood donation,especially in other Provincial areas and among people with other occupations.Establishing a permanent group of volunteer blood donation can ensure the transfusion safety from beginning.
