Assessment of Magnitude of Transfusion Transmissible Infections and Associated Factors among Blood Donors at Woliso Blood Bank, South-West Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia: Across-Sectional Study

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W/Amlak Alemnesh,Oljira Habtamu,Tafa Belay,Darcho Samuel DemissieORCID,Begna Sisay Dabi

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AbstractBackgroundBlood transfusion is an effective treatment for saving millions of lives, even though transfusion-transmissible infections are the major problem. The prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections varies across different geographical populations. This study aims to assess the prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections and associated factors among blood donors at Woliso Blood Bank, South-West Shewa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia.MethodAn institutional-based cross-sectional study design was conducted. A structured and pretested questionnaire was used to collect data through a face-to-face interview. Data was entered into Epi Data version 3.1, and it was exported to STATA version 17.0 for data cleaning and analysis. A binary logistic regression analysis was carried out to identify factors associated with outcome variables. Accordingly, variables that fulfilled p-values <0.25 on the bivariate logistic regression were considered candidates for multivariate logistic regression to control for possible confounders. The odds ratios along with the 95% confidence interval were used to present the finding, and statistical significance was reported at a p-value of 0.05.ResultsThe overall prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections was 9.5% (95% CI: 6.3– 12.9%). Participants with no formal education [AOR=4.84; 95% CI= 1.09, 21.46], unprotected sexual intercourse with multiple partners [AOR=4.77; 95% CI= 1.38, 16.44], and participants with less frequency of blood donation [AOR=2.85; 95% CI: 1.16, 6.99] were significantly associated with transfusion transmissible infections.ConclusionThe prevalence of transfusion-transmissible infections was high in this study area. Educational level, unprotected sexual intercourse with more partners, and a number of blood donations were found to be independent predictors of transfusion-transmitted infections. Blood banks and regional health bureaus should work on community mobilization and enhancing health promotion through prevention and control by considering the identified associated factors.

Publisher

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

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