Knowledge, belief and attitudes of patients towards blood transfusion among patients admitted in Kampala International University-Teaching Hospital
| dc.contributor.author | Norah, Apili | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-22T09:10:43Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2019-11-22T09:10:43Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-10 | |
| dc.description | A research report submitted to Uganda Nurses Midwives Examination Board in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of a Diploma in Nursing | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study about the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of patients towards blood transfusion in KIU-TH, Bushenyi District. The study was done from Kampala International University-Teaching Hospital which is located in Bushenyi-Ishaka, Municipality Bushenyi District in South western Uganda. This was descriptive cross-sectional study design where both qualitative and quantitative methods were applied. Only 40 respondents were used in the study to represent the entire population and these were selected using simple random sampling were used to select the patients so that every patient stands a chance of being selected for the study to avoid bias. Structured questionnaires were used to collect data from the respondents. The study findings found out that majority of respondents had ever done blood transfusion. The conditions for one to do blood transfusion, as patients with serious injuries from car crashes or natural disasters, those with major surgical procedures, and individuals with an illness that causes anemia. Majority of respondents acquired knowledge of blood transfusion as health centers, followed by television and the least mentioned internet. It was further revealed that majority of the respondents would accept to go for any blood transfusion in case, reasons being treating blood loss, under placing or supplementing blood components. Respondents revealed that there are chances of acquiring an infection through blood transfusions. Study findings further concluded that other factors affecting patients’ perceptions towards blood transfusion include; nobody have approached a patient, blood is not used properly, some patients are scared and bad experience of others. Study findings concluded that blood transfusion can be lifesaving for persons who have lost large amounts of blood because of serious accidents, new medical and surgical procedures, civil conflicts, as well as for patients who have become severely anemic because of serious thematological diseases or treatments such as cancer therapy. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12306/4157 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Kampala International University, School of Health Sciences | en_US |
| dc.subject | Knowledge, belief and attitudes of patients | en_US |
| dc.subject | Blood transfusion | en_US |
| dc.subject | KIU-Teaching Hospital | en_US |
| dc.title | Knowledge, belief and attitudes of patients towards blood transfusion among patients admitted in Kampala International University-Teaching Hospital | en_US |
| dc.type | Other | en_US |