Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices, and Factors Associated with Voluntary Blood Donation among University Students in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Table 2

Practice of university students on blood donation among blood donors ( = 422).

Characteristics	Frequency	Percentage
Ever donated blood	126	29.9
Frequency of donation in lifetime (N = 126)
Once	57	45.2
Repeated	69	54.8
Donated in the past 5 years	124	98.4
Donated in the past 12 months	123	97.6
Types of donation
Voluntary	114	90.5
Paid	2	1.6
Replacement	10	7.9
Main reason(s) for the last time donation
Voluntarism	114	90.5
HIV results	2	1.6
Replacement	10	7.9
Would you donate blood again in the future?
Yes	120	95.2
No	6	4.8
The place of your last donation
Blood Transfusion Centre	15	12
Hospital	28	22.4
School	82	65.6
Experienced negative effect after donation
Yes	39	31
No	87	69
Postdonation negative effect (N = 39)
Pain	1	1
Dizziness	37	94.9
Fever	1	2.6