Sociodemographic and sociocultural factors that influence blood donation in Perú: results of a national survey, 2022

Almeyda Alcántara J.A.; Fuentes Rivera T.J.; Torres Lopez J.K.; Riveros Salazar J.P.; Nicho Machado L.E.; Pampa Espinoza L.; Celada Padilla A.; Bustamante Guevara J.C.; Gendrau Acho S.J.; Fernández Fuentes R.; Ramírez Aylas M.P.; Huarcaya Damiano J.; Quispicondor Arteaga L.E.; Barbeyto Toribio I.A.; Maydana Aguilar K.; Vidarte Maldonado M.; Vílchez Enriquez P.; Cerón Castañeda M.C.G. · Acta Medica Peruana (2023) · DOI: 10.35663/amp.2023.404.2716

Resumen

Background: Sociodemographic and sociocultural factors influence blood donation in various countries, our objective of study was to determine what are the factors that influence blood donation in Peru. The study: An observational, cross-sectional study was conducted in people between 18 and 60 years at the national level, the data were analyzed using SPSS v.20 Findings: The study sample was 739 people, 50.4% men; It was determined that there is good knowledge about blood donation with a percentage greater than 50% of questions answered correctly, likewise there is a positive attitude towards blood donation Conclusions: The sociocultural factors that influence blood donation is ignorance, 40% of the participants do not know the basic requirements to be a blood donor, another factor is the false belief. because they are taking medication, they cannot donate blood (47%).