Usage and Acceptability of the Wateen Application Among the Population of Saudi Arabia

Figures & data

Table 1 Demographic Information of the Participants (n=352)

Demographic Characteristics	n (%)
Gender
Male	181 (51.4)
Female	171 (48.6)
Living location
East province	171 (48.6)
West province	52 (14.8)
Central province	112 (31.8)
North province	5 (1.4)
South province	12 (3.4)
Age (years)
18–25	137 (38.9)
26–30	62 (17.6)
31–35	45 (12.8)
36–40	32 (9.1)
41–45	33 (9.4)
46–51	25 (7.1)
> 52	18 (5.1)

Table 2 T-Tests Results

	N	Mean	Standard Deviation	df	t-value	p-value
	Usability: By gender
Male	181	0.66	0.25	350	8.438	<0.00001*
Female	171	0.47	0.16
	Usability: By age
≤ 30 years	199	0.84	0.21	350	12.4585	<0.00001*
> 30 years	153	0.57	0.19
	Motivation: By gender
Male	104	0.58	0.13	199	6.1319	<0.00001*
Female	97	0.72	0.19
	Motivation: By age
≤ 30 years	112	0.72	0.26	199	4.1819	<0.00001*
> 30 years	89	0.54	0.35
	Education: By gender
Male	104	0.64	0.21	199	0.9318	0.3526 (p>0.05)
Female	97	0.68	0.38
	Education: By age
≤ 30 years	112	0.74	0.18	199	1.7292	0.0853 (p>0.05)
> 30 years	89	0.69	0.23

Note: *Statistically significant.

Figure 1 Usage of the Wateen App (n=201).

Figure 2 Knew people who used the Wateen App (n=159).

Table 3 Use of the Wateen App for (N= 201)

Participants’ Responses	n (%)
A blood donation request from the Wateen community	20 (10.0)
Donation requests in social networks	12 (6.0)
List and locations of blood banks	34 (16.9)
Follow the donation record	72 (35.8)
Reminders of donation dates and donation campaigns around you	49 (24.4)
All of the above	14 (7.0)

Table 4 Response When the Blood Donation Request from the Wateen App Was Received (n=201)

Participants’ Responses	n (%)
Nothing	4 (2.0)
Share it with others.	20 (10.0)
It encouraged me to donate blood.	172 (85.6)
Other	5 (2.5)

Figure 3 Wateen App motivation to donate blood (n=201).

Figure 4 Wateen App education about donation (n=201).

Figure 5 Help of the Wateen App to find blood donors (n=201).

Figure 6 Wateen App reduced gap between blood donors and the need for blood (n=201).

Figure 7 Post requests for blood donation through Wateen App on social media (n=352).