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Knowledge And Attitude Towards Blood Donation Among Non Blood Donor Residents Of Kuala Terengganu At Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu

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dc.contributor.authorMat Noh, Sarah
dc.date.accessioned2026-10-02T01:29:04Z
dc.date.available2026-10-02T01:29:04Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractBackground: Increment in blood utilisation and reduction in blood collection leading to blood supply shortage has been a worldwide problem including Malaysia. It was noted that Terengganu recorded the lowest blood donation rate among all states in Malaysia from 2011 until 2015, and still lagging far behind other states in Malaysia in terms of blood donation rate. Objectives: To determine knowledge and attitude score towards blood donation and their associated factors among non-blood donor residents of Kuala Terengganu at Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah (HSNZ). Study design and method: This is a cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire involving systematically random sampling selection of 320 participants who are non-blood donor residents of Kuala Terengganu attending HSNZ. The questionnaire consists of 8 questions in knowledge section (total score of 8 marks) and 20 questions in attitude section (total score of 100 marks). Results: The mean knowledge score in this study was 5.19 (1.87) while the mean attitude score was 70. 79 (8.19). Majority of the participants have good knowledge and good attitude with percentages of 64.69% and 92.81 %, respectively. Female has a significantly lower level of knowledge as compared to male (p=0.02), while participants with college/university education have significantly higher knowledge than participants with low education level (p=0.037). Participants working in private sectors and selfemployed were found to have a significantly higher level of good knowledge compared to government employees (p=0.004 and p=0.013). As for the attitude section, participants with secondary school education has significantly higher attitude compared to those with low education level (p=O.O 12). Unemployed participants were found to have significantly lower attitude compared to government employees (p=0.017). No significant association was found between the knowledge and attitude level. The mostly reported barriers to blood donation were refused to give blood to other religion and race with 73.1 % and 67.8%, respectively. This study reported social media as the main source of information regarding blood donation ( 42.2% ). Conclusion: In general, the majority of the participants have good knowledge and attitude towards blood donation but there was no association found between knowledge and attitude. Even so, the practice of blood donation is still poor in this population with most of the participants refused to give their blood to other religion and race. Thus, Blood Transfusion Service should focus on encouraging non-donors to donate by involving the religious departments to help to correct the myths pertaining to blood donation, giving out pamphlets to non-donors during a mobile campaign or establishing young donors club focusing to students.
dc.identifier.urihttps://erepo.usm.my/handle/123456789/25124
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectKnowledge
dc.subjectBlood Donation
dc.subjectResidents Of Kuala Terengganu
dc.subjectHospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah
dc.subjectAMDI
dc.titleKnowledge And Attitude Towards Blood Donation Among Non Blood Donor Residents Of Kuala Terengganu At Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah, Kuala Terengganu
dc.typeResource Types::text::thesis::master thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversiti Sains Malaysia
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