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[AIDS--motivation of people for testing (analysis of a questionnaire)]
M Samardzija1, I Ispanović-Trosić, G Jagodić
1Opća bolnica Osijek, Park Lenjina 3.
At the Department for Transfusiology of the Osijek General Hospital, the blood of volontary donors has been tested for anti-HIV since July 1, 1987, according to regulations. In the period from July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1989, 49 persons come to be tested for anti-HIV on their own initiative. This test group was asked to fill in a questionnaire. The same questionnaire was given to the control group of 154 volontary blood donors. The data were evaluated statistically using the chi 2-test. Statistically significant differences between the two groups (p less than 0.05) have been found in the following parametres: - sex (more men in the control group, but it must be noted that in the observed period there were 82.63% of men among volontary blood donors); - knowledge about obligatory anti-HIV testing of the blood of volontary donors since July 1, 1987 (the test group was not well informed);--motivation for testing (the test and control groups differed in 5 of 8 suggested motives. The leading motives in the test group were sexual contact with an unknown partner, temporary job in the USSR, sexual contact with a partner likely to be seropositive or diseased and the pressure of the social environment to undergo the test for anti-HIV. The strongest motive in the control group was curiosity, which is interesting since public health institutions propose resistance from blood donation of the high risk group members as a post of safe transfusion);--knowledge of preventive measures (the test group was better informed).
At the Department for Transfusiology of the Osijek General Hospital, the blood of volontary donors has been tested for anti-HIV since July 1, 1987, according to regulations. In the period from July 1, 1987, to June 30, 1989, 49 persons come to be tested for anti-HIV on their own initiative. This test group was asked to fill in a questionnaire. The same questionnaire was given to the control group of 154 volontary blood donors. The data were evaluated statistically using the chi 2-test. Statistically significant differences between the two groups (p less than 0.05) have been found in the following parametres: - sex (more men in the control group, but it must be noted that in the observed period there were 82.63% of men among volontary blood donors); - knowledge about obligatory anti-HIV testing of the blood of volontary donors since July 1, 1987 (the test group was not well informed);--motivation for testing (the test and control groups differed in 5 of 8 suggested motives. The leading motives in the test group were sexual contact with an unknown partner, temporary job in the USSR, sexual contact with a partner likely to be seropositive or diseased and the pressure of the social environment to undergo the test for anti-HIV. The strongest motive in the control group was curiosity, which is interesting since public health institutions propose resistance from blood donation of the high risk group members as a post of safe transfusion);--knowledge of preventive measures (the test group was better informed).