Presentation, Analysis and Interpretation of Data

CHAPTER IV
PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

This chapter presents, analyze and interprets the data gathered in this study. The
varying results are hereby presented in the succeeding tables with corresponding
discussions and explanations.
Socio-Demographic Profile
This study has surveyed 86 respondents as a result of convenient sampling done in three
most populated health centers to determine the knowledge, attitude, and practices of the residents
towards blood donation. Table 1 shows fifty-seven (66%) respondents are highly populated with
female, while twenty-nine (34%) are male. As with the age, twenty-five (29%) of the participants
ages 36-45 years old, followed by 26-35 years old (19%), and both ages 18-25 years old and 51
Sex
Male
Femal
e
N
2
9
5
7
%
34%
Age
N
2
%
2%
Marital Status
Single
N
29
%
34%
15
17%
Married
54
63%
16
25
13
15
19%
29%
15%
17%
Total
No response
83
3
97%
3%
Below 18 years old

66%
18 to 25 years old
26 to 35 years old
36 to 45 years old
46 to 50 years old
51 above
Total
8 100% Total
86
100%
86
100%
Total
6
above with a frequency of fifteen (17%). While for the marital status, there are fifty-seven (63%)
respondents who are married already as compared to those who are single which accounts 34%
of the population. These findings are which is parallel to the article by wikihealth organization in
which they mentioned that barangay health centers provide a first aid and maternal and child
health care in which most of them are married, and withing the marrying age in which most our
respondents are.
Table 1. Demographic Profile of Participants According to Sex, Age and Marital Status
Most of the respondents (58%) were among high school graduates as shown in
Table 2. Education attained by the others were college graduates (16%) followed by
elementary graduates (15%). This is parallel with the findings of the philippine statistics
office in which in general santos city high school graduate gained the highest percentage.
(PSA, 2000). More than half of the respondents are unemployed (55%), while the rest
are employed (36%) and are underemployed (7%).
Education
Elementary Graduate
High School Graduate
College Graduate
Post-Graduate
Others
N
13
50
14
Percent
15%
58%
16%
2
7
2%
8%
Occupation
Employed
Unemployed
Underemploye
d
Others
N
31
47
7
Percent
36%
55%
8%
1%
Total
86
100%
Total
86 100.0
Table 2. Demographic Profile of Participants According to Education and Occupation
Table 3 shows a majority of the respondents ethnicity were bisaya (74%),
followed by ilonggo (12%) then tagalog (7%). While for the religion, Christianity has
dominated (84%) among the respondents, followed by few of Islam (7%) then of Seventh
Day Adventist (3%).
Ethnicity
Tagalog
N
7
Percent
7%
Religion
Christianity
N
72
Percent
84%
6
7%
Islam
0
0%
Hinduism
0
0%
Jehovah's Witness
SeventhDay
3
3%
B'laan
Adventist
2
2%
3
3%
Others
Iglesia ni Cristo
1
1%
Others
1
Missing
1%
Total
86
100%
86
100%
Total
Table 3. Demographic Profile of Participants According to Ethnicity and Religion
Bisaya
Ilonggo
Ilokano
64
10
1
2
74%
12%
1%
2%
It has been indicated by the Philippine statistics authority that bisaya dominates the ethnicity of
general santos city amoung to 57. 1% of the total population. (PSA, 2000)
Knowledge
Blood Groups
Common Blood Groups
Blood Type
Blood Donation
Frequency
53
78
Frequency
%
62%
91%
%
Person can be infected

Transmissible diseases
Frequency of donating blood
Volume of blood collected
Duration of donation
72
73
29
79
38
84%
85%
34%
92%
44%
SHOULD DONATE:
Men
Healthy should donate
48
50
56%
58%
SHOULD NOT DONATE:

Women
Young (<18 years old)
Diseased
Religious belief
6
20
64
12
7%
23%
74%
14%
Table 4. Frequency Distribution of Respondents in terms of Knowledge on Blood Donation
Attitude Towards Blood Donation

Attitude towards the importance of blood donation
Positive perception towards blood donation
Attitude towards of best source of blood
N
81
76
71
%
94%
88%
83%
Can something happen to donor after donation

Effects of Blood Donation
Patient relatives ask to donate
Help patients in need
48
65
79
82
56%
76%
92%
95%
Table 5. Frequency Distribution of Respondents according of Attitude towards Blood

Donation
Table 5 shows that eighty-one (94%) of the respondents thinks blood donation is
important which implies giving of blood is a must for patient who needs it most for therapy
purposes as supported by the study of Abder (2011).
Seventy (88%) respondents has a positive perception towards donating of blood and this
implies that the giving of blood is good. Donating blood poses health benefits on the donor
because aside from reducing harmful iron stores, risk of suffering heart attacks, it can also reduce
developing cancer (Flavin, 2015)
Almost all (83%) of the respondents agrees that the best source of blood is voluntary
blood which implies that they prefer a voluntary act on giving of blood rather than replacement
and remunerated donation. Further, voluntary non-remunerated blood donation is also
encouraged because aside from the unselfish regard for the welfare of others, it ensures a
reliability on giving a safe supply of blood for patients who needs blood transfusion. (WHO,
2016)
Practices
Donated blood before
Frequency of donating blood
Reasons why they donate blood
Willingness to donate blood again
Reasons why others do not donate blood
N
59
61
48
72
57
%
69%
71%
56%
84%
66%
Table 6. Frequency Distribution of Respondents According to Practices.
Table 6 shows that fifty-nine (69%) respondents have not donated blood before and this
implies that the respondents for reasons that they were unfit to donate (Harrington, 2007) not
aware where and how to donate blood (Harrington, 2007) and they were fearful of blood
extraction or needles. Despite the great knowledge about blood transfusion, it does not lead to
the actual blood donation which is supported by the study of Wiwanitkit and he indicated that
more awareness campaign should be conducted to motivate people into actual voluntary
donation (2002).
A majority which comprises sixty-one (71%) of the respondents are willing to donate blood
once a year only because it is relevant to promote consequential health behaviors as supported by
the study of Godin et al (2008). On the other hand, more than half or a total of forty-eight (56%)
of the respondents are motivated to donate blood which implies that many of them donates to
help a friend or relative in need as mentioned also in a study by Oswalt (2003).
As to the willingness of respondents to donate blood after the first extraction, seventy-two
(84%) of the respondents indicated that they are amenable to donate again for the purpose of
helping a friend or relative as suggested in the study of Masser et. al (2007). While fifty-seven
(66%) of the respondents are not motivated to donate blood due to the fear of needles
specifically, which implies unwillingness as supported by Oswalt (2003). Other than fear, some
respondents (22%) mentioned that they were not approached or asked to donate which implies
that different strategies and retention of blood donors should be strengthened (Sojka, 2007).
Correlation of Demographic Profile with Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices among

Demographic Profile and Knowledge
Variable
r
Sig
Age
-.026
.816
Gender
.141
.204
Ethnic
-.082
.461
Education
-.358
.001
Occupation
.017
.878
Marital status
-.050
.657
Religion
.128
.252
Respondents
Remarks
Not Significant
Not Significant
Not Significant
Significant
Not Significant
Not Significant
Not Significant
Table 7. Correlation Coefficient of Demographic Profile and Knowledge
Table 7 shows that only education with an r value of -.358 and a p value of .001 has a
significant relationship. This implies that only education is a predictor to determine knowledge
about blood donation. Further, this means that exposure to academic individuals have access to
information. (Wiwanitkit, 2002)
Variable
Age
Gender
Ethnic
Education
Occupation
Marital status
Religion
r
.029
-.125
.052
.268
-.325
-.043
-.062
Sig
.798
.264
.640
.015
.003
.706
.582
Remarks
Not significant
Not significant
Not significant
Significant
Significant
Not significant
Not significant
Table 8. Correlation Coefficient of Demographic Profile and Attitude towards

Blood Donation
Table 8 shows that only education with an r value of .268 and a p value of .015 and
occupation with an r value of -.325 and a p value of .003 has a significant relationship. This
implies that education and occupation is a predictor to determine attitude about blood donation.
Moreover,
Variable
Age
Gender
Ethnic
Education
Occupation
Marital status
Religion
r
-.242
.074
-.039
.288
.031
-.191
-.049
Sig
.029
.508
.727
.009
.781
.090
.661
Remarks
Significant
Not Significant
Not Significant
Significant
Not Significant
Not Significant
Not Significant
Table 9. Correlation Coefficient of Demographic Profile and Practice towards Blood

Donation

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CHAPTER IV

PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA

Below 18 years old

Person can be infected

SHOULD NOT DONATE:

Table 4. Frequency Distribution of Respondents in terms of Knowledge on Blood Donation

Attitude Towards Blood Donation

Can something happen to donor after donation

Table 5. Frequency Distribution of Respondents according of Attitude towards Blood

Table 6. Frequency Distribution of Respondents According to Practices.

Correlation of Demographic Profile with Knowledge, Attitude, and Practices among

Table 7. Correlation Coefficient of Demographic Profile and Knowledge

Table 8. Correlation Coefficient of Demographic Profile and Attitude towards

Table 9. Correlation Coefficient of Demographic Profile and Practice towards Blood

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