The effect of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation awareness in university students on being a volunteer donor

Nazan Karakaçan; Nurhan Özpancar Şolpan

doi:10.14687/jhs.v20i3.6390

Authors

Nazan Karakaçan Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Health Application and Research Center https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4372-3191
Nurhan Özpancar Şolpan Tekirdag Namik Kemal University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2288-0822

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14687/jhs.v20i3.6390

Keywords:

Stem cell transplantation, education, knowledge, attitude, awareness

Abstract

Problem/aim This study was planned in order to determine the effect of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation awareness in university students on being a volunteer donor.

Method: The research as a quasi-experimental single group study with a pretest-posttest design was completed with 1216 students who agreed to participate in the study.The data were collected through a questionnaire prepared by the researchers. The questionnaire consists of three parts and a total of 46 questions, which contains demographic attributes, knowledge about hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and questions measuring participants' attitudes. Mean, standard deviation, median, frequency, Mann-Whitney U, Kruskal-Wallis, Pearson chi-square, Spearman's correlation tests were used to evaluate the data. The results were evaluated at a 95% confidence interval, and the significance level was p <0.05.

Results: Participants was 41% studied in health sciences departments. While the pre-training awareness of the need for hematopoietic stem cell donors in Turkey was 51.9%, it increased to 92.1% after the training. Before the training, while 25.5% of the students stated that they definitely wanted to donate hematopoietic stem cells, this percentage increased to 45.9% after the training. The average increase of 52.68±24.35 units in the post-training hematopoietic stem cell transplant knowledge score of the students compared to the pre-training was found to be statistically significant (p=0.001) After the training, a statistically significant difference was found between the HSCT knowledge scores of the students according to their sociodemographic characteristics (gender, department, duration of degree, grades) (p=0.001)

Conclusion: It was concluded in the study that the knowledge level of the students on hematopoietic stem cell transplantation was insufficient, and the training had a positive effect on their knowledge and attitude concerning hematopoietic stem cell donation.

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Author Biographies

Nazan Karakaçan, Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Health Application and Research Center

MSc, RN, Tekirdag Namik Kemal University, Health Application and Research Center

Nurhan Özpancar Şolpan, Tekirdag Namik Kemal University

Ph.D, RN, Tekirdag Namik Kemal University,Faculty of Health Sciences, Nursing Department

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