Table 2 Distribution of the study participants in relation to practice of blood donation, University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, April, 2014 (n = 142)
Variable | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Number of times donated (n = 142) | ||
Once | 70 | 49.3 |
Twice | 43 | 30.3 |
Three times or more | 29 | 20.4 |
Time after the last donation (n = 142) | ||
Current donors | 47 | 33.1 |
Elapsed donors | 31 | 23.2 |
Never donors | 63 | 43.7 |
Feeling after donating blood | ||
Comfortable/positive | 80 | 56.3 |
Some discomfort/indifferent | 62 | 43.6 |
Family member ever received blood (n = 427) | ||
No | 349 | 82.4 |
Yes | 78 | 17.6 |
Source of the blood received by the family member (n = 73) | ||
Other family member/relative | 36 | 49.3 |
Ethiopian Red Cross Society | 30 | 41.1 |
Other sourcesa | 7 | 9.6 |