Table 3 Attitude of students of health and non-health science colleges toward blood donation.
Variable N (%) | Health science college (N = 8452) | Non-health science college (N = 4154) | Total (N = 12,606) | p-value * |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Have you ever had courses or lectures on blood donation and its importance? | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 2454 (29.0) | 595 (14.3) | 3049 (24.2) | |
No | 5998 (71.0) | 3559 (85.7) | 9557 (75.8) | |
Would you like to receive training on blood donation? | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 6667 (78.9) | 2789 (67.1) | 9456 (75.0) | |
No | 1785 (21.1) | 1365 (32.9) | 3150 (25.0) | |
Would you donate if there is a serious shortage in blood banks? | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 7711 (91.2) | 3676 (88.5) | 11,387 (90.3) | |
No | 741 (8.8) | 478 (11.5) | 1219 (9.7) | |
Do you encourage people around you to donate? | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 6878 (81.4) | 3156 (76.0) | 10,034 (79.6) | |
No | 1574 (18.6) | 998 (24.0) | 2572 (20.4) | |
If your university organizes a donation campaign, would you participate and donate? | 0.503 | |||
Yes | 6759 (80.0) | 3300 (79.4) | 10,059 (79.8) | |
No | 1693 (20.0) | 854 (20.6) | 2547 (20.2) | |
Would you like to take responsibility for spreading accurate information about blood donation to lay people? | < 0.001 | |||
Yes | 6883 (81.4) | 2935 (70.7) | 9818 (77.9) | |
No | 1569 (18.6) | 1219 (29.3) | 2788 (22.1) | |
If you have seen calls for donation on social media, name the most involved platform | < 0.001 | |||
2454 (29.0) | 922 (22.2) | 3376 (26.8) | ||
1119 (13.2) | 604 (14.5) | 1723 (13.7) | ||
18 (0.2) | 11 (0.3) | 29 (0.2) | ||
Snapchat | 13 (0.2) | 23 (0.6) | 36 (0.3) | |
Telegram | 29 (0.3) | 2 (0.0) | 31 (0.2) | |
TikTok | 28 (0.3) | 22 (0.5) | 50 (0.4) | |
248 (2.9) | 153 (3.7) | 401 (3.2) | ||
915 (10.8) | 351 (8.4) | 1266 (10.0) | ||
YouTube | 139 (1.6) | 72 (1.7) | 211 (1.7) | |
I have not seen | 3489 (41.3) | 1994 (48.0) | 5483 (43.5) | |
Describe the attitude of your college/university toward blood donation | < 0.001 | |||
Very discouraging | 984 (11.6) | 797 (19.2) | 1781 (14.1) | |
Discouraging | 945 (11.2) | 515 (12.4) | 1460 (11.6) | |
Neutral | 2650 (31.4) | 1395 (33.6) | 4045 (32.1) | |
Encouraging | 1765 (20.9) | 651 (15.7) | 2416 (19.2) | |
Very encouraging | 2108 (24.9) | 796 (19.2) | 2904 (23.0) | |
Describe the attitude of your family toward blood donation | < 0.001 | |||
Very discouraging | 952 (11.3) | 389 (9.4) | 1341 (10.6) | |
Discouraging | 1277 (15.1) | 518 (12.5) | 1795 (14.2) | |
Neutral | 2903 (34.3) | 1352 (32.5) | 4255 (33.8) | |
Encouraging | 1588 (18.8) | 847 (20.4) | 2435 (19.3) | |
Very encouraging | 1732 (20.5) | 1048 (25.2) | 2780 (22.1) | |
Describe the attitude of your friends toward blood donation? | 0.001 | |||
Very discouraging | 667 (7.9) | 421 (10.1) | 1088 (8.6) | |
Discouraging | 915 (10.8) | 452 (10.9) | 1367 (10.8) | |
Neutral | 2809 (33.2) | 1345 (32.4) | 4154 (33.0) | |
Encouraging | 1984 (23.5) | 912 (22.0) | 2896 (23.0) | |
Very encouraging | 2077 (24.6) | 1024 (24.7) | 3101 (24.6) | |
