Transfusion Medicine: From Donors to Recipients; A Gender Perspective
Published: 2020-10-02
Page: 129-134
Issue: 2020 - Volume 3 [Issue 4]
Hamzullah Khan *
Nowshera Medical College, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera, Pakistan. 2Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Adnan Masood
Nowshera Medical College, Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera, Pakistan.
Muhammad Tahir
Peshawar Medical College, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Saiqa Zahoor
Post-graduate Medical Institute, Hayatabad, Medical Complex, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Anwar Khan
Nowshera Medical College, Pakistan.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Objectives: To screen the donors for the frequency of ABO & Rh blood groups and gender contribution in blood donation.
Subject and Methods: This retrospective observational study was carried out in the Blood bank of Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera from 25th April 2019 to 5th Nov 2019. A total of 279 donors were included in the study. Record was taken from available data in Blood bank of Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex Nowshera. Donors & Recipients data were also recorded from the blood issuing form. ABO and Rh blood grouping were done by agglutination method using antisera A, antisera B and antisera D. Data was analyzed using software SPSS Version 25. Descriptive statistics was used for numerical variables like Hb%, Ferritin. Frequency and percentages were used for categorical variables like gender. Spearman’s correlation was used for categories of gender in the recipients and donors.
Results: The total number of the donors was 279, about 243 donors hemoglobin was available on the record. Mean with SD of Hemoglobin of donors was 11.59 g/dl+ 1.48. Mean with SD of Hemoglobin of the recipients was 8.19 g/dl+ 1.72. The frequency of the blood Group in Donors were; O+ (155, 55.6%), A+ (51, 18.3%), AB+ (23, 8.2%), B+ (22, 7.9%), O- & A- each (10, 3.6%), and B- &AB- each (4, 1.4%). The frequency of Rh positive blood group was 89.94% (251), and Rh negative was 10.03% (28).
Out of total 272(97.5%) of the Donors were males while only 7(2.5%) were female donors. Out of the recipients 206(73.8%) were females and 73(26.2%) were males. Spearman’s correlation statistics showed that there was a mild downhill and inverse (negative) statistically significant correlation in gender groups of the donors and the recipients.
Conclusion: The frequency of "Rh-positive blood group" was (O, A, AB and B) respectively. Blood Group “O” was recorded in 55% of the donors as major Rh positive blood group in our population. Male gender is main contributor as donor while female gender as major recipient.
Keywords: ABO blood-group system, gender perspective, Nowshera.