Transfusion Transmissible Infections Among Voluntary Blood Donors at Dessie Blood Bank, Northeast Ethiopia: Cross-Sectional Study

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Table 1 Socio-Demographic Characteristics of Blood Donors at Dessie Blood Bank, North East Ethiopia, 2018

Characteristics	N (%)
Sex
Male	213 (55.5)
Female	171 (45.5)
Address
Rural	40 (10.4)
Urban	344 (89.6)
Age group
18–24	217 (56.5)
25–34	137 (35.7)
≥35	30 (7.8)
Educational status
Illiterate	25 (6.5)
Literate	359 (93.5)
Occupation
Employed	180 (46.9)
Unemployed	204 (53.1)
Marital status
Unmarried	274 (71.4)
Married	110 (28.6)

Table 2 Sero-Prevalence of HBV Infection Regarding Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Personal Behavior of Blood Donors at Dessie Blood Bank, North East Ethiopia, 2018

Variable	HBV+	COR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
	n (%)
Sex
Male	11/213 (5.2)	1.81 (0.62–5.31)	0.281	0.728 (0.178–2.98)	0.659
Female	5/171 (2.9)	1	-	1
Address
Rural	3/40 (7.5)	2.06 (0.56–7.58)	0.275	0.934 (0.148–5.9)	0.942
Urban	13/344 (3.8)	1	-	1
Age group
18–24	13/217 (6)	1.85 (0.23–14.7)	0.561	2.98 (0.23–38.7)	0.404
25–34	2/137 (1.5)	0.43 (0.038–4.9)	0.496	0.40 (0.03–6.1)	0.512
≥35	1/30 (3.3)	1	-	1
Educational status
Illiterate	3/25 (12)	3.63 (0.96–13.7)	0.057	16.95 (1.66–172.9)	0.017*
Literate	13/359 (3.6)	1	-	1
Occupation
Employed	4/180 (2.2)	0.36 (0.12–1.2)	0.085	0.59 (0.12–3.03)	0.526
Unemployed	12/204 (5.9)	1	-	1
Marital status
Unmarried	14/274 (5.1)	2.91 (0.65–13.01)	0.163	1.94 (0.26–14.5)	0.517
Married	2/110 (1.8)	1	-	1
Multiple sexual behavior
Yes	5/78 (5.1)	1.84 (0.62–5.45)	0.273	2.43 (0.74–8.01)	0.144
No	11/306 (3.6)		-	1
Nose piercing
Yes	1/24 (4.2)	1 (0.13–7.9)	0.999	7.65 (0.39–151.9)	0.182
No	15/360 (4.2)	1	-	1
Ear piercing
Yes	2/155 (1.3)	4.98 (1.12–22.24)	0.035	0.093 (0.009–0.93)	0.043
No	14/229 (6.1)	1	-	1

Note: *Significant values.

Abbreviations: HBV, hepatitis B virus; COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval

Table 3 Sero-Prevalence of Syphilis Infection Regarding Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Personal Behavior of Blood Donors at Dessie Blood Bank, North East Ethiopia 2018

Variable	Syphilis+	COR (95% CI)	P-value	AOR (95% CI)	P-value
	n (%)
Sex
Male	4/213 (1.9)	1.07 (0.24–4.9)	0.928	0.94 (0.187–4.8)	0.944
Female	3/171 (1.75)	1		1
Address
Rural	1/40 (2.5)	1.44 (0.17–12.3)	0.737	1.04 (0.099–10.9)	0.974
Urban	6/344 (1.74)	1		1
Age group
18–24	4/217 (1.84)	1		1
25–34	3/137 (2.2)	1.19 (0.26–5.41)	0.820	0.27 (0.035–2.08)	0.210
≥35	0		0.998		0.998
Educational status
Illiterate	1/25 (4)	2.45 (0.28–21.2)	0.415	2.69 (0.21–35.5)	0.451
Literate	6/359 (1.67)	1		1
Occupation
Employed	5/180 (2.8)	2.89 (0.55–15.06)	0.209	5.22 (0.74–36.8)	0.097
Unemployed	2/204 (0.98)	1		1
Marital status
Unmarried	5/274 (1.8)	1.004 (0.19–5.3)	0.996	0.973 (0.13–7.4)	0.979
Married	2/110 (1.8)	1		1
Multiple sexual behavior
Yes	4/78 (5.1)	5.46 (1.2–24.9)	0.028*	7.13 (1.4–36.3)	0.018*
No	3/306 (0.98)	1		1

Note: *Significant values.

Abbreviations: COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.