Research Article
Public Awareness on Cord Blood Banking in Saudi Arabia
Table 3
Objective knowledge about cord blood banking.
| | Information and knowledge questions | Answers | Total = 1146, number (%) |
| | Cord blood is | Blood in cord blood after birth | (220) 19.2% | | Blood in placenta after birth | (173) 15.1% | | Both | (221) 19.3% | | I do not know | (532) 46.4% | | Umbilical cord blood can provide a rich source of | Proteins | (46) 4% | | Vitamins | (31) 2.7% | | Stem cells | (601) 52.4% | | I do not know | (468) 40.8% | | Cord blood collection is done | Before delivery | (59) 5.1% | | After delivery | (710) 62% | | I do not know | (377) 32.9% | | In case of no donation, cord blood is always | Given to parents | (11) 1% | | Medical waste | (880) 76.8% | | I do not know | (255) 22.3% | | Cord blood can be collected from | Natural births | (96) 8.4% | | Cesarean sections | (34) 3% | | Both | (600) 52.4% | | I do not know | (416) 36.3% | | Cord blood collection is painless for the mother and the baby | True | (629) 54.9% | | False | (34) 3% | | I do not know | (483) 42.1% | | Are there any health risks associated with cord blood collection? | Yes | (50) 4.4% | | No | (552) 48.2% | | I do not know | (544) 47.5% | | Cord blood can treat diseases such as | Bone fractures | (20) 1.7% | | Blood cancer | (494) 43.1% | | Epilepsy | (9) 0.8% | | I do not know | (623) 54.4% | | Cord blood infusion can treat the same diseases as a bone marrow transplant | True | (373) 32.5% | | False | (35) 3.1% | | I do not know | (738) 64.4% | | Cord blood is stored for many years at | Room temperature | (82) 7.2% | | Extremely low temperature | (394) 34.4% | | I do not know | (670) 58.5% | | Who is the beneficiary of the stored cord blood? | Cord blood-donated child | (145) 12.7% | | Any match | (396) 34.6% | | Research | (194) 16.9% | | I do not know | (411) 35.9% | | Cord blood can be stored for | 1 year | (60) 5.2% | | 5 years | (48) 4.2% | | 20 years | (146) 12.7% | | I do not know | (892) 77.8% |
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