Influencing factors of anxiety and nursing intervention among college first-time blood donors

Abstract

Objective To investigate the factors influencing the anxiety of college first-time blood donors and the effect of nursing intervention. Methods A total of 168 college students who participated in voluntary blood donation for the first time in a university in Chengde from April to May 2020 were scored using Hamilton Anxiety Scale (HAMA) to analyze the influencing factors of anxiety among first-time college donors.They were randomly divided into control group (just routine blood collection) and observation group (nursing intervention was performed on first-time blood donors before, during and after blood collection) to compare the HAMA scores and incidence of adverse reactions to blood donation between the two groups before and after nursing intervention. Results Among the 168 college students, the incidence of anxiety was 61.9%(104/168), and the influencing factors included gender, knowledge of blood donation and blood donation knowledge received before blood donation.After nursing intervention, HAMA score of the observation group was lower than that of the control group (P<0.05). The incidence of adverse reactions was 15.48% (13/84)in the control group, higher than 8.33%(7/84)in the observation group (P<0.05). Conclusion For first-time blood donation, college donors female, lack of blood donation knowledge, with few health knowledge before blood donation were prone to anxiety in blood donation.Effective nursing intervention during blood donation can help alleviate anxiety and reduce the incidence of adverse reactions to blood donation.

Keywords

• voluntary blood donation
• anxiety
• influencing factors
• nursing intervention