Transfusion Medicine: From Donors to Recipients; A Gender Perspective | Asian Hematology Research Jo
Objectives: To screen donors for the frequency of blood groups in ABO & Rh and the contribution of gender to blood donation. Topic and Methods: This retrospective observational analysis was carried out from 25 April 2019 to 5 November 2019 at the Blood Bank of Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex, Nowshera. The research involved a total of 279 donors. Records were taken from available data at the Qazi Hussain Ahmed Medical Complex Nowshera Blood Bank. Information from the blood issuing form was also registered for donors & recipients. Antisera A, antisera B and antisera D were used for ABO and Rh blood grouping by agglutination process. The data was analysed using SPSS Version 25 software. For numerical variables such as Hb percent and Ferritin, descriptive statistics were used. The frequency and percentages for categorical variables such as gender were used. In the beneficiaries and contributors, Spearman's correlation was used for gender groups. RESULTS: The total number of donors was 279, with about 243 haemoglobin donors available on the registry. The mean SD of donor haemoglobin was 11.59 g/dl+ 1.48. The recipients' mean SD of haemoglobin was 8.19 g/dl+ 1.72. O+ (155, 55.6 percent), A+ (51, 18.3 percent), AB+ (23, 8.2 percent), B+ (22, 7.9 percent), O- & A- each (10, 3.6 percent) and B- &AB- each (4, 1.4 percent) is the frequency of the blood group in donors. The Rh positive blood group frequency was 89.94 percent (251), and 10.03 percent (28) was Rh negative.
Of the total of 272 (97.5%) donors, men were male, while only 7 (2.5%) were female donors. 206(73.8 percent) of the recipients were women and 73(26.2 percent) were males. Correlation statistics from Spearman revealed a mild downhill and inverse (negative) statistically significant correlation in the donor and recipient gender categories. Conclusion: The 'Rh-positive blood group' frequency was (O, A, AB and B respectively. In 55 percent of donors, the blood group "O" was registered as the main Rh positive blood group in our population. As a donor, male gender is the primary contributor, while female gender is the main beneficiary. Please see the link :- https://www.journalahrj.com/index.php/AHRJ/article/view/30139