INTENTION TO DONATE BLOOD AND ITS PREDICTORS AMONG ADULTS OF GONDAR CITY ADMINSTRATION, NORTH WEST ETHIOPIA: USING THEORY OF PLANNED BEHAVIOUR

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Abstract Introduction: Blood transfusion is lifesaving procedure when someone encounters with severe anaemia, accident or injury, surgery, during child birth heavy bleeding and cancer chemotherapy. The average blood donation rate of Africa is 4.7/1000 inhabitants and Ethiopia is among one of the countries with lowest annual donation rate which is 0.8/1000 population. This study assessed intention to donate blood on adults of Gondar city administration using theory of planned behaviour. Objective: the aim of this study is to assess magnitude of intention to donate blood and its predictors among adults of Gondar city, North West Ethiopia. Methods: a community based cross sectional study was conducted using a multi stage sampling technique. The study conducted on two randomly selected Gondar sub cities using systematic sampling on sample size of 524. The data were collected using pretested questionnaire. For entry and analysis of data EpiData version 3.0 and STATA version 14 were used and linear regression were carried out to see the association of independent and dependent variables with 95% confidence interval and a p-value of less than 0.05 was used detect statistical significance. Result: five hundred and fifteen respondents participated on the study giving response rate of 98%. Most of the participants were female Conclusion: most participant’s intention to donate blood were below the mean value. predictor of intention to donate blood were past experience of blood donation, direct subjective norm, direct perceived behavioural control and direct Attitude. All indirect measures positively correlated with their respective direct measures. Key words; intention, blood donation, theory of planned behaviour, adult