Knowledge and attitude of physicians about autologous blood donation (PAD method) before and after training intervention

Autologous blood is the best choice for transfusion. This study was designed to evaluate knowledge and attitude of physicians about preoperative autologous donation (PAD) method and the role of training in its promotion.
Interventional Field study was conducted on 212 general practitioners and specialists in Hamedan city during Nov. 2009 to Oct. 2011. In the first step, the questionnaires of knowledge and attitude evaluation was filled out by the target group. Then, "face to face training" with the booklet was offered.
Specialists more than general physicians tended to read the booklet (80.8% compared with 65%). The average score of general practitioner's knowledge increased from 4.74 ± 1.63 (before intervention) to 9.07 ± 2.1 (after intervention) and specialist's knowledge from 5.30 ± 1.97 to 9.65 ± 1.64 that was statistically significant in both groups (p In the first step of this study, the knowledge and attitude of physicians about PAD method were very low and negative but the training intervention significantly increased the target group's knowledge; but the attitude change was obtained only in the group who had read the booklet beside being exposed to the face to face training.