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. 2022 Aug 11;17(8):e0267705. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267705

Table 2. Awareness and knowledge related to blood sample donation.

Variable/question Male (n = 509) Female (n = 506) Total (n = 1015) p-value
Ever heard of blood sample donation for medical research n (%) n (%) n (%)  
Yes 216 (42.44) 162 (32.02) 378 (37.24) 0.001
No 293 (57.56) 344 (67.98) 637 (62.76)
Ever heard of blood sample storage for research purpose        
Yes 151 (29.67) 98 (19.37) 249 (24.53) <0.001
No 358 (70.33) 408 (80.63) 766 (75.47)
Sources of information about blood sample donation        
Hospital 126 (58.33) 121 (74.69) 247 (65.34) <0.001
Training program 21 (9.72) 13 (8.02) 34 (8.99) 0.568
Friend 31 (14.35) 11 (6.79) 42 (11.11) 0.021
Colleague 16 (7.41) 7 (4.32) 23 (6.08) 0.214
Newspaper/magazine 18 (8.33) 5 (3.09) 23 (6.08) 0.035
Internet/online resources 50 (23.15) 17 (10.49) 67 (17.72) 0.001
Seminar/conference/workshop 23 (10.65) 5 (3.09) 28 (7.41) 0.005
TV 29 (13.43) 7 (4.32) 36 (9.52) 0.003
Radio 29 (13.43) 10 (6.17) 39 (10.32) 0.022
Outreach 27 (12.50) 13 (8.02) 40 (10.58) 0.162
Family 9 (4.17) 6 (3.70) 15 (3.97) 0.820
Sources of information about blood sample storage for research        
Hospital 86 (56.95) 69 (70.41) 155 (62.25) 0.032
Training program 17 (11.26) 10 (10.20) 27 (10.84) 0.794
Friend 18 (11.92) 10 (10.20) 28 (11.24) 0.675
Colleague 8 (5.30) 4 (4.08) 12 (4.82) 0.662
Newspaper/magazine 16 (10.60) 5 (5.10) 21 (8.43) 0.127
Internet/online resources 32 (21.19) 13 (13.27) 45 (18.07) 0.112
Seminar/conference/workshop 19 (12.58) 3 (3.06) 22 (8.84) 0.010
TV 24 (15.89) 6 (6.12) 30 (12.05) 0.021
Radio 18 (11.92) 6 (6.12) 24 (9.64) 0.130
Outreach 15 (9.93) 8 (8.16) 23 (9.24) 0.637
Family 9 (5.96) 1 (1.02) 10 (4.02) 0.052
Awareness about guidelines/regulation for use of blood and its storage for genomic research        
Yes 57 (11.20) 45 (8.89) 102 (10.05) 0.222
No 452 (88.80) 461 (91.11) 913 (89.95)