Blood donation during the Covid-19 pandemic: knowledge, practices and attitudes of medical students
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2176-7262.rmrp.2023.204865Keywords:
Blood donors, COVID-19, Pandemics, Medical educationAbstract
Voluntary blood donation is a challenging act, especially during a health crisis. The purpose of this cross-sectional study was to analyze the knowledge, practices, and attitudes of medical students, from the basic cycle to the internship, regarding blood donation during the Covid-19 pandemic. The work was carried out between May and December 2021 via Google Forms. For comparison, the sample (n=327) was divided into blood donors (n=183) and non-donors (n=144). The chi-square and Fisher’s exact tests were used, considering statistically significant
questions with p<0.05 p-value. The results indicate that, even though they are a minority of both groups, there is still a significant number of medical students who do not know much about the blood donation process and are permeated by fear and misinformation about blood collection safety. These facts were even more noticeable during the pandemic, in which the percentage of donors was 30.6%. In this way, the need for creative and contextualized educational strategies is highlighted to clarify and better sensitize young people to this act of solidarity.
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