A STUDY TO ASSESS MYTHS PREVALANCE REGARDING BLOOD DONATION AMONG THE PATIENT COMPANIONS AT JODHPUR

Author Name: 1. Manmohan Vyas

Volume/Issue: 05/03

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2024-48629541/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Nursing Officer with Incharge CHO, PHC Dumra Sitamarhi Bihar, India.

ABSTRACT

Introduction:-Blood is a whole world in itself, each component having a specific job – red blood cells transport oxygen throughout the body; plasma transport proteins, including antibodies and clotting factors, and nutrients like glucose for energy around the body; white blood cells constitute defence mechanism against disease, and platelets ensure that bleeding stops. Blood also carries waste products from all the organs to be evacuated from the body The present study design was descriptive in nature, conducted over a period of 4 week. Data were collected from patient companion by using the instrument which consisted of three sections: Section ‘1’socio - demographic data, section ‘2’structured knowledge questionnaire regarding blood donation. FINDINGS:-Major finding of study was following Demographic characteristic shows 51.53 % of samples were male, 68.46% samples were Hindu, 29.23% sample belong to higher Secondary, 71.54% of samples did not have any exposure to educational program, 34.61% of sample belongs to 10000-19999 per month income, 53.08% of samples belongs to joint family Among total numbers of sample (15), 07 (46.7%) sample had inadequate knowledge, 05 (33.3%) of sample had moderately adequate knowledge and 03 (20%) of sample had adequate knowledge regarding blood donation among the patient companions with Mean score of 14.6 and S.D. score of 7.41. It was also found that significant association found between knowledge and selected demographic variable regarding blood donation and its myths prevalent among patient companion in terms of Age, Education and previous exposure to any blood donation program at 0.05 level of significance. Therefore, null hypothesis “There is no association between knowledge and selected demographic variable regarding blood donation and its myths prevalent among patient companion and the selected demographic variables in terms of Age, Gender, Religion, Education, previous exposure to any blood donation program, Family income, Type of family” was partially accepted for “Gender, Religion, Family income, and Type of family” and partially rejected for “Age, Education and previous exposure to any blood donation program” at 0.05 level of significance.

Key words: Blood donation, Information Pamphlets, Patient companions, Myths on blood donation.