Table 3.
Attitude Toward Blood Donation in Employees at Negele Arsi General Hospital and Medical College, August 2020, Negele Arsi, Southeast Ethiopia (N=122)
| Attitude Questions | Category | Frequency N (%) |
|---|---|---|
| What do you feel about blood donation? | Feeling good | 81 (66.5) |
| Feeling bad | 6 (4.9) | |
| Feeling Neutral | 24 (19.5) | |
| Have no idea | 11 (9.1) | |
| What do you think is the best source of blood donors? | Voluntary | 102 (83.6) |
| Remunerated | 1 (0.8) | |
| Replacement | 5 (4.1) | |
| I do not know | 14 (11.5) | |
| Could harm occur to a blood donor during or after donation? | Yes | 53 (43.4) |
| No | 57 (46.7) | |
| I do not know | 12 (9.8) | |
| Do you think that blood donation leads to anemia? | Yes | 38 (31.1) |
| No | 84 (68.8) | |
| Should patient relatives be asked to donate? | Yes | 73 (59.8) |
| No | 39 (32) | |
| I do not know | 10 (8.2) | |
| Willingness to encourage others to donate blood? | Yes | 101 (82.8) |
| No | 21 (17.2) | |
| Would you like to donate blood in the future? | Yes | 115 (94.3) |
| No | 7 (5.7) | |
| Would you like to donate blood to only family members or friends? | Yes | 25 (20.5) |
| No | 97 (79.5) | |
| If you asked, do you willing to donate blood to an unknown person? | Yes | 108 (88.5) |
| No | 14 (11.5) | |
| Do you think as good to give incentives to those who donate blood? | Yes | 41 (33.6) |
| No | 81 (66.4) |