Knowledge about umbilical cord blood banking among Greek citizens

dc.contributor.author	Καραγιώργου, Λουίζα Ζ.	el
dc.contributor.author	Πανταζοπούλου, Μαρία-Νικολέττα	el
dc.contributor.author	Μάινας, Νικόλαος	el
dc.contributor.author	Μπελούκας, Απόστολος	el
dc.contributor.author	Κριεμπάρδης, Αναστάσιος Γ.	el
dc.date.accessioned	2015-06-10T21:44:47Z
dc.date.available	2015-06-10T21:44:47Z
dc.date.issued	2015-06-11
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/15655
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.bloodtransfusion.it/articolo.aspx?idart=002678&idriv=90	en
dc.subject	Στάση
dc.subject	Έφηβος
dc.subject	Πληροφορίες
dc.subject	Γνώση
dc.subject	αίμα ομφάλιου λώρου
dc.subject	Attitudes
dc.subject	Adolescent
dc.subject	Information
dc.subject	Knowledge
dc.subject	Umbilical cord blood
dc.subject	Umbilical cord blood banking
dc.title	Knowledge about umbilical cord blood banking among Greek citizens	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.classification	Υγεία
heal.classification	Μικροβιολογία
heal.classification	Health
heal.classification	Microbiology
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Υγεία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Μικροβιολογία
heal.classificationURI	http://zbw.eu/stw/descriptor/16635-5
heal.classificationURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00005932
heal.keywordURI	http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006216
heal.identifier.secondary	DOI: 10.2450/2013.0297-12
heal.language	en
heal.access	campus
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Ιατρικών Εργαστηρίων	el
heal.publicationDate	2014
heal.bibliographicCitation	Karagiorgou, L.Z., Pantazopoulou, M.N.P., Mainas, N.C., Beloukas, A.I. and Kriebardis, A.G. (2014) Knowledge about umbilical cord blood banking among Greek citizens. Blood Transfusion. [Online] 12 (1), pp.s353-s360. Available from: http://www.bloodtransfusion.it [Accessed 10/06/2015]	en
heal.abstract	Background. Umbilical cord blood supplies in Greece are not sufficient to meet the high transfusion needs. This study was designed to determine Greeks' opinion about umbilical cord blood, identify the reasons for the lack of motivation to donate umbilical cord blood and allow experts to establish better recruitment campaigns to enrich the donor pool. Materials and methods. The attitudes and knowledge about umbilical cord blood of randomly selected Greek citizens (n=1,019) were assessed by means of a standardised anonymous questionnaire. The results were analysed using the %2 test and Spearman's correlation coefficient. Results. Forty-eight percent of respondents knew about umbilical cord blood and had full knowledge about what storage/donation offers. Media (35%) and doctors (25%) were the main source of information. The information from the state was considered either inadequate or non-existent by 85% of the responders. Ninety-five percent of the people questioned would like further information regarding umbilical cord blood transplantation and umbilical cord blood storage/donation. Six percent of the respondents who had children and were in favour of umbilical cord blood transplantation, had stored/donated UCB. With regards to future decisions, 84% of the sample would store/donate umbilical cord blood, of whom 57% would keep the umbilical cord blood in a private bank. Discussion. It was concluded that Greek citizens receive information about umbilical cord blood from both the state and advertising campaigns by the Ministry of Health and Social Solidarity. A kind of cooperation between all hospitals and public umbilical cord blood banks would be advisable in order to facilitate access to umbilical cord blood donations.	en
heal.publisher	Edizioni SIMTI	en
heal.journalName	Blood Transfusion	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
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