Investigation on nutritional health knowledge among regular unpaid blood donors in Zhoushan City
WANG Heng1, LI Peng2, HE Xianlong1, BAO Junping1, SONG Jing1, LI Haoru1, WANG Haihong1
1. Zhoushan Central Blood Station, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316000, China; 2. Zhoushan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Zhoushan, Zhejiang 316000, China
Abstract:Objective To investigate the awareness of nutritional health knowledge regular unpaid blood donors in Zhoushan City, Zhejiang Province, so as to provide insights into nutrition and health education among unpaid blood donors. Methods The regular unpaid blood donors were sampled using a convenient sampling method from Zhoushan Central Blood Station from January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022. The nutritional health knowledge was investigated using the Chinese Nutrition Health Knowledge Questionnaire for Adults compiled by Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the awareness and source of nutritional health knowledge was descriptively analyzed. Results Totally 526 questionnaires were allocated, and 502 valid questionnaires were recovered, with an effective recovery rate of 95.44%. The respondents included 240 men (47.81%) and 262 women (52.19%), and included 343 individuals at ages of 18 to 44 years (68.33%), and 159 individuals at ages of 45 years and older (31.67%). The overall awareness of nutritional health knowledge was 14.54% among regular unpaid blood donors in Zhoushan City, and a higher awareness was seen among female regular unpaid blood donors (17.56%) than among males (11.25%) (P<0.05), while the awareness of nutritional health knowledge was significantly higher among respondents at ages of 18 to 44 years than among those at ages of 45 years and older (16.91% vs. 9.43%, P<0.05). The awareness of nutritional health knowledge was significantly higher among respondents with an educational level of junior college and above than among those with an educational level of high school/technical secondary school/technical school (17.24% vs. 12.22%, P<0.05), and the awareness was significantly higher among respondents with healthcare-related occupations than among those with other occupations (16.44% vs. 14.22%, P<0.05). Wechat, Weibo, Tik Tok and Kuaishou were main routes to obtain nutritional health knowledge (83.86%). Conclusions The awareness of nutritional health knowledge is low among regular unpaid blood donors in Zhoushan City. Men, middle-aged and elderly residents and residents with a low educational level are targets that should be given a high priority for nutritional health education, and new media may be fully utilized for nutritional health education.
王衡, 李鹏, 贺贤龙, 包君萍, 宋晶, 李浩孺, 王海红. 舟山市固定无偿献血者营养健康知识调查[J]. 预防医学, 2023, 35(5): 440-443.
WANG Heng, LI Peng, HE Xianlong, BAO Junping, SONG Jing, LI Haoru, WANG Haihong. Investigation on nutritional health knowledge among regular unpaid blood donors in Zhoushan City. Preventive Medicine, 2023, 35(5): 440-443.