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Behavior disparities towards blood donation in Sikkim, India
Namgay Shenga1, Ranabir Pal, Subhabrata Sengupta
1Programme Officer, IDD cell, Govt. of Sikkim, India.
Background:
The aim of the current research was to determine disparities in blood donation motives among the general mass of Sikkim.
Aims:
To identify the reasons for people donating and not donating blood voluntarily.
Settings And Design:
Population based cross-sectional study in Gangtok, East Sikkim.
Participants:
300 adults by two-stage cluster sampling technique.
Interventions:
None.
Main Outcome Measures:
Correlates of attitudes towards blood donation. DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURE: The data collection tool used for the study was a pre-tested structured interview schedule by which the principal investigator collected the data using interview technique.
Statistical Analysis Used:
Percentages and ODDS ratio were used in this study.
Results And Conclusions:
Out of 300 respondents, overwhelming majority (78.7%) of the respondents in the present study felt that people donate blood to save a friend or a relative. On the contrary, minority respondents (46%) were ready to donate blood voluntarily. Only 12.7% of the respondents had ever donated blood while 87.3% had never donated. Among ever donors, gender wise men donors were found to be more; 89% were married, half were from the 30 to 39 years age group. As the per-capita income or level of education increased, so did the percent of blood donors.
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