Volume : 6, Issue : 9, September - 2017

A STUDY TO ASSESS THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ON BLOOD TRANSFUSION AMONG ADOLESCENT

Dinesh. M, Junior Sundresh N

Abstract :

<p>&nbsp;<span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Introduction: Massive blood transfusion saves the lives of thousands of severely injured patients each year.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Injury is rapidly becoming the second leading cause of death in the world.</span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">&nbsp; </span><span style="font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;, serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Massive transfusion is readily available, safe, effective and cheap in the context of modern trauma center care.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Aim: The statement of the problem is a study to assess the level of knowledge on blood transfusion among adolescents at selected college, Karaikal.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Methods:&nbsp; The research approach adopted for this study was quantitative approach and the design is descriptive design.&nbsp; A simple random sampling technique has been adopted to select the desired sample.&nbsp; The sample size was 32.&nbsp; The investigator used self developed structured questionnaire for assessing the level of knowledge on blood transfusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Results: Results show that about 16% of students had adequate knowledge, 34% of students had moderate knowledge and 50% of students had adequate knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:12.0pt;text-align:justify;text-justify:&#10;inter-ideograph;line-height:150%"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:&#10;150%;font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;">Conclusion: From the findings of the present study it can be concluded that the majority of the adolescent exhibit moderate knowledge regarding blood transfusion.<o:p></o:p></span></p>