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Unveiling blood donation knowledge, attitude, and practices among 12,606 university students: a cross-sectional study across 16 countries

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We assessed university students' knowledge, attitude, and practice toward blood donation and identified the factors that promote or hinder their willingness to donate. We employed a multicenter cross-sectional design, collecting data from August to October 2022 through self-administered questionnaires available in Arabic and English. Both online (Google Forms) and paper surveys were utilized. Data were analyzed using R Statistical Software (v4.1.3; R Core Team 2022). A total of 12,606 university students (7966 females and 4640 males) from 16 countries completed the questionnaire; of them, 28.5% had a good knowledge level regarding blood donation, and 22.7% had donated blood at least once. Students in health science colleges had significantly more awareness of blood donation (p-value < 0.001), but there were no significant differences in practice (p-value = 0.8). Barriers to donation included not being asked (37%), medical ineligibility (33%), fear of pain or infection (18%), concerns about negative health effects (18%), difficulty accessing donation centers (15%), and medical mistrust (14%). Individuals aged > 20 years had significantly higher odds of possessing a high knowledge level (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.77, p < 0.001). Private and international university enrollment was associated with increased knowledge (aOR 1.19, p-value < 0.001 and aOR 1.44, p-value = 0.003), while non-health science college students had lower odds (aOR 0.36, p < 0.001). Regarding blood donation status, participants > 20 years old were more likely to donate (aOR 2.21, p < 0.001). Conversely, being female, having congenital or chronic diseases, and possessing low knowledge levels were associated with decreased odds of blood donation (all p < 0.05). University students show insufficient knowledge about blood donation, with health science students displaying higher awareness levels. Despite their positive attitudes, blood donation rates remain low across all disciplines. It is imperative to enhance education and accessibility to foster a culture of blood donation among students.

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Eltewacy, N., Ali, H., Owais, T., Alkanj, S., Collaborators, E., Elbahnasawy, M., Ahmed, A., Ahmed, M., Liaquat, A., Hasanin, E., Moghari, M., jabo, M., Alhumaidi, N., Janem, A., sulaiman, H., Rais, M., Riyaz, R., Salem, M., Al‐Mekhlafi, M., Mumtaz, H., Balkan, A., Aji, N., Hammad, H., Daghash, L., Abdulhusain, M., Turzin, J., Aborigiba, F., Ali, M., Sulaiman, A., Allahham, A., Al-Aswadi, A., Alzain, M., Horani, O., El-Azm, Y., Almahdi, M., Elba, M., Zedan, E., Yaala, I., Alswiti, A., Hamdan, Z., Saifullah, M., Al-fayyadh, I., Abdulmutalab, Z., Chebli, R., Gönül, H., Ansari, J., Mohamed, Z., Basha, N., Khan, A., Raheem, F., Alwredat, R., Salah, A., El-Faouri, R., Al-Ansi, K., Othman, A., Hasan, Z., Alshargabi, A., Bouhajra, M., Sula, I., ali, N., Faida, H., Ertuğrul, M., Aboul-Ella, H., Sulaiman, J., Herdan, E., Haddoubenderbal, S., Lamis, D., Agyenim, E., Kabir, M., Ali, Q., Barakat, M., AL-Ariqi, S., Aljazzar, E., Hasan, F., Yeboah, K., Mohamed, S., Ahmed, S., Sulemana, M., Nazir, A., AbuHamdia, A., Ocran, J., Hasan, M., Khabab, I., Mohamed, M., Kamran, A., Rania, B., Alkhaled, A., Hasan, M., Ebada, M. (2024). Unveiling blood donation knowledge, attitude, and practices among 12,606 university students: a cross-sectional study across 16 countries. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-58284-4

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Nael Kamel Eltewacy Hossam Tharwat Ali Tarek A. Owais Souad Alkanj EARG Collaborators Mohamed Gamal Elbahnasawy Arwa Hussein Bilil Ahmed Mareb H. Ahmed Amna Liaquat Ekram Hassan Hasanin Mariam B. Moghari Munira Dawod Alla jabo Nidaa T. Alhumaidi Abdelrhman Muwafaq Janem Halmat subhi sulaiman Mohammed Amir Rais Romana Riyaz Moath Salem Moath Ahmed Al‐Mekhlafi Hassan Mumtaz Ali Osman Balkan Narjiss Aji Haya Hammad Layan Majed Daghash Mohamed Ebrahim Abdulhusain Justice Kwadwo Turzin Firas Aborigiba Maya Mohamed Ali Afrah Humaidan Sulaiman Abdulrahman Allahham Abdulghani Al-Aswadi Maab Saifaldin Mohammed Alzain Osama Al Horani Yosra Hussein Abo El-Azm Mahmoud Alballa Almahdi Malak Ramadan Elba Esraa Mohamed Zedan Ishmael Yaala Adnan Alswiti Zaid Hamdan Md. Khaled Saifullah Israa Al-fayyadh Zainab Khalid Abdulmutalab Reem Chebli Hale Betül Gönül Jaasira Ansari Zahra Ali Mohamed Nawal Mahboob Basha Alina Sami Khan Fatima Amatur Raheem Rasha Ashraf Alwredat Assia Salah Raneem El-Faouri Khlood Saleh Al-Ansi Ahmad Ali Othman Zainab Hasan Albaraa Muad Alshargabi Musab Bouhajra Idris Sula Nasreen ahmad faq ali Hamza Faida Meryem Ertuğrul Hassan Aboul-Ella Jarjees A. Sulaiman Emre Herdan Soumia Haddoubenderbal Djedidi Lamis Emmanuel Boateng Agyenim Mohammed Abdul Kabir Qassim Ali Mostafa Barakat Shehab Mahdi AL-Ariqi Eman Fayez Aljazzar Fatema Abdulwahed Hasan Kelvin Yeboah Sarah Saleh Mohamed Sahar Elazab Ahmed Mohammed Sulemana Abubakar Nazir Abrar AbuHamdia Joyous Ocran Manar Fathi Hasan Ikram Khabab Mohamed Mostafa Mohamed Ateeba Kamran Belmegharbi Rania Abdulrhman Ahmad Alkhaled Mohammad Hasan Mahmoud Ahmed Ebada

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