| Autor: |
Saadia Latif, Hamid Iqbal, Jawad Zafar Chaudry, Taimoor Chughtai, Saadat Parveen, Aayza Mujahid |
| Rok vydání: |
2022 |
| Zdroj: |
Pakistan Journal of Medical and Health Sciences. 16:215-217 |
| DOI: |
10.53350/pjmhs20221612215 |
| Popis: |
Aim: To determine syphilis seropositivity in healthy blood donors. Study design: Cross sectional analytical study Place and duration of study: Conducted atNishtar Medical Universityfrom February 2022 to July 2022. Methodology: Healthy blood donors of either gender between 18-50 years of age were included in study. All individuals were screened for transfusion transmissible infections including Syphilis. Data was collected by using preformed questionnaire that included information regardingsocio-demographic profile. The data was entered and analyzed by SPSS version 22.0. Results: Mean age of donors was 26.48±6.25 years. The highest proportion of donors was between 18-29 years age (69.2%). Majority (99.2%) blood donors were male. The marital status of the blood donors showed that 595 (81.9%) were single. The educational level of the participants revealed that about two third 465 (64.1%) blood donors had up to matric education and majority of blood donors 493 (67.9%) were resident of urban areas. The seropositivity of syphilis among donors was02.5%. The seropositivity of the syphilis is significantly associated with age (p |
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