Distribution of Blood Groups and Willingness to Donate Among College Students of West Tripura

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.