Evaluation of nurses' attitudes and behaviors against blood donation

Abstract

Objective: This study was planned to evaluate the attitudes and behaviors of nurses towards blood donation. Method: This study was conducted between 01 April and 30 September 2019 in a training and research hospital with 269 nurses from 450 nurses who agreed to participate in the study. “Questionnaire” and “Blood Donation Attitude Scale” were used to collect the data. The scale consists of three dimensions. Scores can be obtained from the scale in the range of 24−120. Descriptive statistics (number, percentage, mean, standard deviation), independent sample t-test and One Way ANOVA were used in data analysis. Results: 95.5 % of the nurses participated in the study were women and 68.4 % were graduate. In addition, their average age was 30.11 ± 8.04 and the year they spent in the profession is 7.74 ± 8.09. It was found that 31.6 % of the nurses donated blood before, 95.9 % did not need blood donation before, 73.6 % received training about blood donation and 13.4 % donated their organs. The total mean score of the BDAS of the individuals participating in the study is 79.74 ± 9.52. The mean scores obtained from the sub-dimensions of social and social responsibility, anxiety, social opinion and understanding are 49.66 ± 6.16, 19.81 ± 5.21 and 10.31 ± 3.65, respectively. Received training on blood donation get higher scores (p < 0.05). Conclusion: Nurses' blood donation attitudes are positive. Training on blood donation and donating organs increases social opinion and understanding in blood donation. © 2021 Elsevier Ltd