Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adult Population towards Blood Donation in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 2

Knowledge towards blood donation among adult population living in Gondar town, 2015.

Knowledge assessment items	Response
	Correctly responded ( (%))	Incorrectly responded ( (%))
Place of blood donation	650 (84.6)	118 (15.4)
Importance of blood donation	678 (88.3)	90 (11.7)
Minimum age eligible for blood donation	338 (44)	430 (56)
Minimum weight eligible for blood donation	110 (14.3)	658 (85.7)
How often eligible individual can donate blood	259 (33.7)	509 (66.3)
Best blood donor type	654 (85.2)	114 (14.8)
Can pregnant women donate blood	524 (68.2)	244 (31.8)
Can women on menstruation donate blood	344 (44.8)	424 (55.2)
Can lactating women donate blood	366 (47.7)	402 (52.3)
Can diabetic patients donate blood	434 (56.5)	334 (43.5)
Can smokers donate blood	261 (34)	507 (66)
Maximum volume of blood being donated once	225 (29.3)	543 (70.7)