Intention to donate blood and its predictors among adults of Gondar city: Using theory of planned behavior.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Blood transfusion is a lifesaving procedure when someone encounters severe anemia, accident or injury, surgery, heavy bleeding during childbirth and cancer chemotherapy. The average blood donation rate of Africa is 4.7/1000 inhabitants and Ethiopia is among one of the countries with the lowest annual donation rate which is 0.8/1000 population. This study assessed intention to donate blood on adults of Gondar city administration using the theory of planned behavior. METHODS:A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted. The study was conducted on two randomly selected Gondar sub-cities using systematic sampling on a sample size of 524 adults. Epi Data version 3.0 and STATA version 14 were used for entry and analysis of data respectively. Multiple linear regression was car

SUBMITTER: Kassie A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7051045 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature