Abstract
IntroductionAssessing the knowledge, attitudes, practices and behaviors among blood donors in South Kivu and identify risk factors for viral markers.MethodsA descriptive and analytical cross-sectional study involved 595 blood donors in the city of Bukavu (Head city of the province of South Kivu) in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.ResultsOur sample consisted of 70.3% men with a median age of 23 and 77% of young people fewer than 30 years. The score of knowledge and attitude of blood donor's volunteer on blood safety were assessed at 23.5% and 79.1%. A statistically significant difference was observed between the loyal and new blood donors volunteer (25.1% vs 64.6% p < 0.001); between blood donors volunteer of low and high education level (p = 0.04). Motivation to donate blood in 95.9% of cases respect ethical rules of donation. The prevalence of viral markers in blood donors is as follows: 4.8% hepatitis B, 3.9% hepatitis C, 1.6% HIV. For HIV, the low level of education and replacement blood donors are most at risk, the antigen of hepatitis B is observed in blood donors over 30 years, blood donors living couple.ConclusionGeneral knowledge on blood safety is very low in the first link in the chain transfusion (blood donors). A good education of this population conducted by the transfusion service reinforced building (training and support) is needed.
Highlights
Assessing the knowledge, attitudes, practices and behaviors among blood donors in South Kivu and identify risk factors for viral markers
In Democratic Republic of Congo, prevalence differs depending on location, in Kinshasa between 2001 and 2004 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in blood donors ranged from 5.94 % to 6.1% and HBsAg between 3.63 and 9.2% [6], syphilis was 1.05% and the hepatitis C virus (HCV) was 4.3% between 2002 and 2004 [7] and in North- Eastern country in 2007 HIV was 4.7%, syphilis 3.7 % and 5.4 % HBsAg [8]
The present study aims to make an inventory by assessing of knowledge, attitudes and practices of blood donation and transfusion in blood donors of South Kivu and to identify risk factors for viral infection in the blood donors
Summary
Attitudes, practices and behaviors among blood donors in South Kivu and identify risk factors for viral markers. Transfusion infection risk can be significantly reduced by some measures involving the accountability of donor blood candidate [9] Among these measures the self-exclusion of the donor candidate blood before his risky behavior and clinical selection before donation [4, 10,11,12,13] by health workers. The present study aims to make an inventory by assessing of knowledge, attitudes and practices of blood donation and transfusion in blood donors of South Kivu and to identify risk factors for viral infection in the blood donors
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