Investigation on attitude and cognition of unpaid blood donation among college students in some medical colleges in Nanjing

Objective To understand the attitudes and cognition of unpaid blood donation in medical college students,to analyze the influencing factors,and to improve the participation of college students in voluntary blood donation. Methods We made the questionnaire which included basic information,blood donation experience,attitudes and influencing factors,cognition of blood donation and its related laws.Questionnaires were randomly distributed to the college students,and filled in anonymously.Then,the questionnaires were collected,and the data was sorted and analyzed. Results The survey results showed that 19.36% students experienced blood donation.Among them,there were much more male students than the females(P<0.001).In addition,we also analyzed the grade difference.The results demonstrated that the most participants were postgraduate students(42.1%),the next was the junior(27.5%) and sophomore students(22.4%).The motivation of college students to donate blood was different,and the most important reason was that their body was good so they should help others.Nearly 80% of the students thought that the voluntary blood donation was necessary,and 67.54% of them had a sense of admiration towards the blood donors.But most of them concerned for blood donation,and they mainly worried about their own safety and distrust of blood donation institutions.In addition,some students did not have the opportunity to donate blood for lack of opportunities.If safety and other conditions allowed,86.1% of the students would be willing to do it.They had acquired the knowledge of unpaid blood donation which mainly came from the network media,and most of the non-medical students do not understand the benefits of blood donation to the body,including the blood circulation and blood regeneration. Conclusion The results revealed that medical college students'attitude toward unpaid blood donation was positive.Some of them are lack of understanding on blood donation.Besides,safe and convenient environment is one of the important reasons that limited their enthusiasms of participation.