ปัจจัยที่ส่งผลต่อการกลับมาบริจาคโลหิตซ้ำในผู้บริจาคโลหิต โรงพยาบาลลำพูน

Abstract

The objective of this study was to identify determinants of repeated blood donation among blood donors who were served by the health personnel in Lamphun Hospital. It was a descriptive study and using a questionnaire for collecting the information from 160 blood donors who voluntarily donated their blood and were served by the Blood Bank Unit of Lamphun Hospital, both hospital-based service and mobile service, from 1 September – 10 October 2014. The data was analyzed by descriptive Statistics (frequency, percentage, mean) and Inferential Statistics (Chi-square and Fisher Exact test). The results were summarized as follows:The majority of blood donors were female (52.5%), 21-30 years of age (45%), married (56.9%), received at least bachelor’s degrees (36.9%), employee (60.6%), 56-65 kilograms of body weight. The O blood group was the highest proportion and the 2-10 times of experienced donation was the most common. The main occasion of their blood donation was a blood donation campaign. The reasons of blood donation were to the society and the social responsibility that should help to donate blood (73.1%) and To have healthy (60.0%). Overall, they were highly satisfied with the blood donation officers’ service.In terms of blood donation knowledge, it indicated that blood donors, in general, had knowledge involving blood donation at the high level. They knew well that after donating blood, heavy exercise should be avoided, and also rapidly standing up should be avoided because this might cause fainting, or falling. Blood donators should not chew gum or eat candies while they were donating. Before the donation day, blood donors should drink extra 3-4 glasses of water, juice, milk or soft drink.According to the trend of repeated blood donation, it showed that most of the donors (71.3%) tended to repeatedly donate blood in the future (95.0%). If they had a chance, they would introduce someone else to donate blood at the Blood Bank Unit in Lamphun Hospital.Regarding the analysis of factors affecting the repeated blood donation in Lamphun Hospital, the results showed that body weight, the number of times of blood donation, satisfaction from the Blood Bank service, and the knowledge of blood donation preparation were associated with the repetition of blood donation that was served by the blood bank unit, Lamphun Hospital.