1.How COVID-19 epidemic and anxiety affect the blood donation behaviors of college students
Xiaoyi YING ; Xiaoming DU ; Zhihui WU ; Shufang HONG ; Shuanghong LAI
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2021;34(11):1256-1258
【Objective】 To explore how the awareness and prevention status of COVID-19 epidemic, as well as anxiety affect blood donation behaviors of college students. 【Methods】 From June 7 to 13, 2020, students from two colleges in Jinhua were given self-made questionnaires through Wenjuanxing (a platform providing functions equivalent to Amazon Mechanical Turk), general demographic information, voluntary blood donation, core knowledge and prevention measures of COVID-19, as well as general anxiety were investigated. 466 valid questionnaires were collected, and the influencing factors of voluntary blood donation were analyzed by Logistic regression. 【Results】 College students donated(88.1±19.8)% were more likely to conduct qualified protections against COVID-19 than non-donation students(83.3±19.0)%(P<0.05), and be less anxious (9.68±4.80 vs 10.86±4.74, P<0.05). During COVID-19 outbreak, male donors was 3.732 times females(P<0.05). The donation rate of students with good awareness of COVID-19 protection, getting 60.0% correct or more, was 4.663 times students getting 60.0% below correct (P<0.05), and students with anxiety total score below 10 points was 2.227 times those above 10 points(P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 Gender, awareness of protections against COVID-19, and anxiety level are important factors affecting the blood donation behaviors of college students during COVID-19 epidemic, therefore strengthening psychological counseling and improving protection measures against COVID-19 are conductive to promote blood donation of college students during COVID-19 epidemic.
2.Voluntary blood donation intention of students in middle vocational school in Jinhua and its influencing factors
Xiaoyi YING ; Shufang HONG ; Zhihui WU ; Xiaoming DU ; Shuanghong LAI ; Yufan CHEN ; Xun YU
Chinese Journal of Blood Transfusion 2023;36(3):257-260
【Objective】 To explore the intention of voluntary blood donation in students from a middle vocational school in Jinhua and its influencing factors. 【Methods】 A total of 400 students were enrolled from a middle vocational school in Jinhua by convenience sampling, and a self-designed questionnaire was issued to each student to investigate the cognition, intention and attitude of voluntary blood donation. The influencing factors of voluntary blood donation intention were analyzed by Logistic regression. 【Results】 A total of 394 valid questionnaires(98.50%) were collected. For 394 surveyed students, the average score of cognition of voluntary blood donation was (7.27±2.69) points, and the overall rate of intention to voluntary blood donation was 21.32%. Logistic regression analysis equation consisted of family support, better cognition, feeling happy about blood donation and worrying about blood donation, with risk ratios(OR) as 31.78, 188.69, 26.27 and 0.01, respectively(all P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 Students from a middle vocational school showed poor congnition and intention of voluntary blood donation.Family support for voluntary blood donation, better cognition of voluntary blood donation and happiness for blood donation were positive factors, and the fear of blood donation was a negative factor.It is necessary to strengthen the publicity of blood donation among students in middle vocational school to improve their congnition and intention to voluntary blood donation.