Factors Associated with Intention to Donate Hematopoietic Stem Cells among Blood Donors
Introduction: Past studies pay little attention to the inten-tion to donate hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) among blood donors. This study investigated the level of and the influence of socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, subjective norm and self-efficacy on the inten...
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Karger AG, Basel
2020
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33431/1/Factors%20Associated%20with%20Intention%20to%20Donate%20Hematopoietic%20Stem%20Cells%20among%20Blood%20Donors.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33431/ https://www.karger.com/Article/FullText/512197 |
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| Summary: | Introduction: Past studies pay little attention to the inten-tion to donate hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) among blood donors. This study investigated the level of and the influence of socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, subjective norm and self-efficacy on the intention to donate HSC among blood donors. Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited blood donors at selected public hospitals in the Malaysian State of Sarawak in 2019. A structured ques-tionnaire was developed based on the review of relevant lit-erature. It gathered information on socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, attitude, subjective norm and self-efficacy on the intention to donate HSC. Variables with a p value <0.200 in bivariate analysis were included in the variable selection for regression modeling to examine their associations with the intention to donate HSC. Results: A to tal of 569 blood donors participated (94.5% response rate). Overall, 87.1% reported a positive intention to donate HSC. In the regression model, the factor with the greatest associa-tion with intention to donate HSC was subjective norms about HSC donation (β = 0.35, 95% CI 0.27–0.42), followed by attitude about regulations of HSC donation (β= 0.21, 95% CI 0.13–0.35), self-efficacy on HSC donation (β = 0.15, 95% CI 0.09–0.32), attitude about the potential side effects of HSC donation (β = 0.14, 95% CI 0.02–0.10) and highest education level (β = 0.10, 95% CI 0.03–0.44). Conclusions: The findings can be used to formulate a better strategy in promoting HSC donation among blood donors in the region |
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