Determinants of the intention to donate umbilical cord blood in pregnant women.

ABSTRACT:

Background and objectives

Umbilical cord blood (UCB) donation is a behaviour promoted by many countries' health systems. However, UCB donation is not a widespread behaviour among expectant mothers, and little is known about the reasons that may lead to it. The aim of the present study was to analyse the contribution of Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) variables among both primiparous and multiparous women in predicting intention to donate UCB.

Materials and methods

Three hundred seventy-six expectant mothers completed questionnaires that captured sociodemographic data, parity, previous donation, attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioural control (PBC) and intention to donate UCB. Multigroup analysis structural equation modelling was conducted using Mplus (version 8.

SUBMITTER: Fernandes M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature