Attitudes of medical and nursing students towards blood donation.
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Dans Anglais
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| ID: sea-118901
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Data on the attitudes of medical and nursing students towards blood donation are scanty. Since this group is a potential but under-utilized source of blood donors, studying their attitudes could provide insights into donor-related behaviour and, hence have implications for donor recruitment programmes.METHODS:
The attitudes towards blood donation and frequency of donation of 307 medical and nursing students were studied using a scale to measure affect, behaviour and cognition.RESULTS:
The attitudes were found to be positive in all three scales. While the behaviour scale significantly discriminated donors from non-donors, no significant differences were observed in the affect and cognition scales.CONCLUSION:
In a medically-oriented population, donors and non-donors do not differ significantly in their sentiments towards blood donation. Other social variables may account for donor behaviour which need to be studied further.
Texte intégral:
Disponible
Indice:
IMSEAR (Asie du Sud-Est)
Sujet Principal:
Étudiant médecine
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Élève infirmier
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Donneurs de sang
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Attitude du personnel soignant
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Inde
Pays comme sujet:
Asie
langue:
Anglais
Année:
1998
Type:
Article
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