Determination of the knowledge level, attitudes, and behaviors of islamic religious officials toward blood donation
| Autor: | Oguz Isik, Ozgur Ersoy, Soner Ölmez, Celal Kus, Mustafa Çelik, Hamit Sırrı Keten, Fatiş Yıldırım |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Çukurova Üniversitesi |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice 030232 urology & nephrology Blood Donors 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Sociodemographic data Islam 03 medical and health sciences Knowledge score Young Adult 0302 clinical medicine medicine Humans business.industry Knowledge level Hematology Middle Aged Religion Blood donor Knowledge Family medicine Female business Clergy |
| Popis: | PubMedID: 29133024 The aim of the present study was to determine knowledge level, attitudes, and behaviors of Islamic religious officials toward blood donation. This study included 334 religious officials rendering service in the province of Kahramanmaras, located in the Mediterranean region of Turkey. A questionnaire was administered to gather sociodemographic data of the participants and their knowledge levels, attitudes, and behaviors toward blood donation. The questionnaire consisted of 11 questions that yielded a total of 11 points. The religious officials in the study included 206 imams (61.7%, males) and 128 Quran course instructors (38.3%, females). Of study participants, 134 (40.1%) reported a previous experience of blood donation and 200 (59.9%) denied previous experience of blood donation. The mean knowledge score was 7.09 ± 2.54 points for males and 6.89 ± 2.18 points for females. Male and female participants achieved comparable scores (p = 0.476). Of the participants, 291 (87.1%) agreed and nine (2.7%) disagreed with the expression, “Blood donation is permissible in Islam;” 34 (10.2%) participants had no idea. The present study revealed considerable deficiencies in knowledge about blood donation among religious officials. In addition, the rate of blood donation and willingness to donate blood were low among religious officials. Although the level of knowledge about blood donation was similar in males and females, it was an interesting finding that the blood donation rate was significantly higher in males than in females. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd |
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