Blood Donation:-Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical and Non-Medical Students in Superior University Lahore

Abstract

Aim: To examine the knowledge, attitude and practice of blood donation in medical and non-medical students of Superior University Raiwind Road Lahore. Methodology: After the approval of ethical institutional review committee a total of 160 medical and non-medical students were included in this study. Non probability convenient sampling technique was used. Data was collected on a structured questionnaire. The data was entered in version 21 of SPSS and analyze by use of statistical tools. Results: Out of 160 students 83(51.9%) were medical and 77(48.1%) were non-medical students. A clear majority of 81(98%) medical students and only 32(42%) of non-medical student have knowledge about blood transfusion. Both 56(67%) of medical and 55(71%) of non-medical students have same attitude about donating blood in future. Conclusion: Findings of this research showed that both medical and non-medical students have same knowledge about their blood group but medical students have preference about the knowledge of blood transfusion because of their medical background.