Distribution of Blood Groups and Willingness to Donate Among College Students of West Tripura
Shilpi Saha, Tanmay Barman, Ananjoy Das, Satyapriya Roy
Background: For the blood bank to survive and continue providing transfusion services, students'
willingness to donate blood and their understanding of their own blood type and rhesus factors are
essential. Knowing a student's blood group is crucial since it allows them to donate blood in an
emergency. The current study aims to ascertain college students' distribution of ABO blood and rhesus
groups, as well as to boost their desire to donate blood by increasing their knowledge with their blood
group.
Methods: In March 2024, 231 students from Bhavan's Tripura College of Science and Technology in
west Tripura, ages 19 to 22 years, participated in this cross-sectional survey. ABO type results and the
Rh factor were included to the self-administrated questionnaire that was used to gather the data. All the
data was analysed by excel and SPSS software.
Results: The most frequent blood types among the students in this study were found to be group B (33.76
%) and O (31.16%), followed by group A (29.87 %). While 5.19 percent of students are Rh negative, the
bulk of students about 94.80 percent, belong to the Rh-positive factor. The majority of students (91.34%)
accurately identified their Rh factor and ABO blood group when we asked them, and we compared their
answers with the test results. Boys who have donated blood in the past are more likely to disclose their
blood type than others. Merely 53.67 % of the entire study population expressed interest in donating
blood in the upcoming year. Male donors have a more positive attitude about blood donation than
female donors. At the same time, girls are also far less inclined to donate blood.
Conclusion: The research population exhibited a higher frequency of blood type B, O, and Rh positive.
Although the majority of college students are well-informed about their blood type, less than half of them
expressed interest in donating blood. Therefore, encouraging young college students to donate blood is
our primary goal.
