Knowledge and Attitudes of Young Adults Towards Donation of COVID-19 Convalescent Plasma and Its Therapeutic Properties

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Table 1 Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Studied Group

Parameter		College of Humanities (N = 160)	College of Medical Sciences (N = 294)	College of Natural Sciences (N = 213)	College of Social Sciences (N = 391)	p
Age [years]	x ± SD	23.04 ± 4.98	22.62 ± 4.72	21.76 ± 2.6	22.6 ± 5.17	p = 0.272
	Median	22	22	21	22
	Quartiles	20–23	20–23	20–23	20–23
Gender	Women	123 (76.88%)	213 (72.45%)	131 (61.50%)	314 (80.31%)	p < 0.001*
	Men	37 (23.12%)	81 (27.55%)	82 (38.50%)	77 (19.69%)
Social back-ground	Urban	74 (46.25%)	160 (54.42%)	73 (34.27%)	178 (45.52%)	p < 0.001*
	Rural	86 (53.75%)	134 (45.58%)	140 (65.73%)	213 (54.48%)
Religious commit-ment	Strong	38 (23.75%)	51 (17.35%)	37 (17.37%)	83 (21.23%)	p = 0.083
	Moderate	67 (41.88%)	122 (41.50%)	106 (49.77%)	189 (48.34%)
	Weak	31 (19.38%)	75 (25.51%)	35 (16.43%)	64 (16.37%)
	Indifferent	24 (15.00%)	46 (15.65%)	35 (16.43%)	55 (14.07%)

Notes: p – for quantitative variables Kruskal–Wallis test, for qualitative variables chi-square test or exact Fisher test; *Statistically significant difference (p <0.05).

Table 2 Association Between Sociodemographic Characteristics and an Overall Knowledge and Attitudes Results

Scores			Gender			p
			Women (N = 781)	Men (N = 277)
Knowledge		x ± SD	6.57 ± 1.76	6.29 ± 1.84		p = 0.034*
		Median	7	7
		Quartiles	6–8	5–8		Mann–Whitney test
Attitude		x ± SD	7.34 ± 2.02	6.70 ± 2.35		p < 0.001*
		Median	8	7
		Quartiles	6–9	5–9
Scores			Age
			Spearman Correlation Coefficient
Knowledge			r = 0.123, p < 0.001*
Attitude			r = 0.095, p = 0.002*
Scores			Social Background			p
			Urban (N = 485)	Rural (N = 573)
Knowledge		x ± SD	6.59 ± 1.67	6.41 ± 1.88		p = 0.280
		Median	7	7
		Quartiles	6–8	5–8
Attitude		x ± SD	7.15 ± 2.13	7.19 ± 2.12		p = 0.779
		Median	8	8		Mann–Whitney test
		Quartiles	6–9	6–9
Scores		Religious Commitment				p
		Strong (N = 209)	Moderate (N = 484)	Weak (N = 205)	Indifferent (N = 160)
Knowledge	x ± SD	6.33 ± 1.84	6.46 ± 1.82	6.59 ± 1.64	6.68 ± 1.78	p = 0.349
	Median	7	7	7	7
	Quartiles	6–8	5–8	6–8	6–8
Attitude	x ± SD	7.17 ± 2.18	7.26 ± 1.96	7.19 ± 2.15	6.89 ± 2.49	p = 0.893
	Median	8	8	8	8
	Quartiles	6–9	6–9	6–9	6–9	Kruskal–Wallis test

Note: *Statistically significant relationship.

Table 3 Comparison of the Results Obtained by Students of Individual Colleges

Scores		College of Humanities – A (N = 160)	College of Medical Sciences – B (N = 294)	College of Natural Sciences – C (N = 213)	College of Social Sciences – D (N = 391)	p
Knowledge	x ± SD	6.32 ± 1.84	7.04 ± 1.47	6.41 ± 1.94	6.20 ± 1.81	p < 0.001 *
	Median	7	7	7	6
	Quartile	5 –7	6–8	5–8	5–8	B > C, A, D
Attitude	x ± SD	6.72 ± 2.26	7.77 ± 1.9	7.05 ± 2.07	6.97 ± 2.18	p < 0.001 *
	Median	7	8	8	8
	Quartile	5–9	7–9	6–9	6–9	B > C, D, A

Notes: p - Kruskal–Wallis test + post-hoc analysis (test Dunn test); *Statistically significant relationship.