KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES ABOUT THE BLOOD DONATION AT THE SUPERIOR SCHOOL "MARISCAL SUCRE" MANAGEMENT

Abstract

Objectives: To evaluate the knowledge and describe the attitudes that students of the Mariscal Sucre School of Teachers have about blood donation.

Methods: The research is of a quantitative cross-sectional type, the type of sampling used is: Stratified random sampling and was carried out during the months of April to August 2019, obtaining a sample constituted by 219 Students of the different levels of training of the SCHOOL SUPERIOR MASTERS "MARISCAL SUCRE"

Results: Students were evaluated regarding the general knowledge they have regarding blood donation and a percentage of 45.7% of those who failed were obtained, which constitute students who failed to respond correctly to 50% of the Basic questions, regarding attitudes, students considered that donating blood is important and that with the necessary information they would donate blood in the future, taking into account that the main reason for doing so would be for a family member or friend to need it. Among the factors that prevent donating blood are the little information they receive on the subject, there is a probability of 2.18 (p <0.01) times that the reprobate do not consider donating blood for fear of contracting any disease during the act of donation and there is a belief that donated blood is marketed.

Conclusions: While a little more than half of the students demonstrated to have basic knowledge in blood donation, there are misconceptions among the population of the master school "Mariscal Sucre", there are still many myths and taboos that prevent the student from performing the voluntary act of blood donation.