Table III.
Timing, source, quality of information and preference about UCB.
| 997 blood donors | 239 pregnant women | 298 female blood donors | |
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| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
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| General information about CB | 886 (89) | 222 (93) | 289 (97) |
| Time of acquiring information | |||
| Before pregnancy | 156 (75) | ||
| During pregnancy | Not applicable | 53 (25) | Not applicable |
| No response | 13 | ||
| Source of information | |||
| Internet | 211 (25.3) | 56(26.3) | 101 (35.5) |
| Gynaecologist, obstetrician | 120 (14.4) | 89 (42) | 73 (25.7) |
| Internet + healthcare (associated) | 144 (17.3) | 20 (9.4) | 28 (9.9) |
| Press | 344 (41) | 5 (2.3) | 78 (27.5) |
| Other (TV, family, friends, ...) | 15 (2) | 43 (20) | 4 (1.4) |
| No response | 52 | 9 | 5 |
| Content of information | |||
| 1. Knowledge about donation | 730 (82) | 211 (95) | 257 (89) |
| 2. Knowledge on differences between public and private banks | 264 (30) | 129 (58) | 100 (34.6) |
| 3. Knowledge on criteria for selecting units | 222 (25) | 158 (71) | 80 (27.7) |
| 4. Knowledge on current probability of clinical use | 184 (21) | 92 (41.5) | 73 (25) |
| 5. Knowledge on current therapeutic uses | 138 (15.6) | 88 (39.6) | 69*(23.8) |
| a) correct | 91 (66) | 69 (78.4) | 39 (56.5) |
| b) partly correct | 6 (4.3) | 11 (12.5) | - |
| c) wrong | 41 (29.7) | 8 (9.1) | 6 (8.7) |
| Have consulted the Official website of the Ministry of health | 40 (4.5) | 24 (11) | 17 (6) |
| Intention to public donation | 708 (76) | 132 (55) | 212 (73) |
| Intention to private storage | 86 (9) | 15 (6.5) | 35 (12) |
| Intention to discard | 0 | 68 (28.5) | 0 |
| No decision yet | 0 | 24 (10) | 0 |
| Both donation and preservation | 136 (15) | 0 | 42 (14.5) |
| No response | 67 | 0 | 9 |
Legend: The percentages are calculated on the basis of the number of respondents; 24 (34.8%) female blood donors did not specify any clinical use.