NCT02281565

Attitudes About Blood Donation

Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Blood Donation Among Medical Students and Medical Staff

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 300 (estimated)
• Sponsor: International Institute of Rescue Research and Education · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study evaluates the knowledge, attitude and practice about blood donation among medical students and medical staff in Poland.

Detailed description

In Poland, the blood gives an average of 31 people per 1.000 inhabitants, while in Western Europe the rate was twice as high. In the study the investigators are examining how medical students and medical staff feel about the issues of blood donation, especially: blood shortage. The investigators are planning to focus on the following specific questions: What is the level of knowledge about blood donation among participants? What are the sociodemographic, sociocultural and socioeconomic characteristics of blood donors and non-blood donors among medical staff and medical students? Evidence on the role of financial and other incentives in eliciting blood donation.

Conditions

• Blood Donation

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	survey	Survey about Knowledge, Attitude and Practice About Blood Donation

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-10-01
• Primary completion: 2014-11-01
• Completion: 2014-12-01
• First posted: 2014-11-03
• Last updated: 2014-11-03

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Poland