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Volume 9, Issue 5 (Suppl)
J Cancer Sci Ther, an open access journal
ISSN: 1948-5956
Cancer Stem Cells and Oncology Research 2017
June 26-28, 2017
Page 40
10
th
International Conference on
June 26-28, 2017 London, UK
CANCER STEM CELLS AND
ONCOLOGY RESEARCH
Stem cell donation decision in Saudi Arabia: Factors and attitudes
Maria Mufti, Shaden Almojel, Layla Alshammary, Dabiah Thaqfan, Razan Alghamdi
and
Samah F Ibrahim
Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, KSA
Background
: Stem cells (SC) transplantation becomes the base line management in many diseases. The SC donors’ number is still
insufficient to cover the SC transplants’ needed number. Encouraging adults to be SC donors is the main donation concern.
Objective
: The objective of the study is to identify the factors affecting Saudi population’s attitudes concerning SC donation.
Materials & Method(s
): This is a case control study with a 600 questionnaires filled by Saudi participants aged between 18-50 years
in SC donation campaign, King Faisal Hospital, Riyadh.
Result(s):
300 males and 300 females with mean age of 29.24 ±9.32 years were included. Although 41.7% of participants were
aware about SC, 93% of them had bad knowledge score. 67.3% were registered in SC donation campaign as a donor while 15.5%
of participants had knowledge about Saudi SC donation centers. A significant difference was found between registered and non-
registered participants regarding many factors e.g. age, education level and knowledge score (P value≤0.05). The main encouraging
positive attitude was relieving patient’s pain (65.3%) while the main negative one was considering SC donation as unsafe procedure
(35%).
Conclusion(s):
The majority of Riyadh’s population accepted the idea of SC donation and registered in stem cell donation campaign;
however, there was lack of knowledge about SC and Saudi donation centers.
Recommendations:
Awareness strategies are urgently needed to enhance population’s SC knowledge, clarify the role of Saudi stem
cell donation centers and improve their attitude by correcting wrong ideas.
Biography
Maria Mufti is a third year Medical student at Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University. She graduated from Al-Rowad High School in 2012 with percentage
of 98 and finished four years in Medical College. She had her first Medical Research about stem cells and stem cells donation: factors and attitudes in 2016\2017.
She had courses such as: English course at Alfaisal Universal Academy with a grade of 90 at the 6th level; other is self-development and problem solving and
much other Medicine related courses. Her good attendance at English classes made her eligible to take the IELTS exam with grade of 5.5. She is interested in
volunteering community services regularly, as she volunteered once to be a photographer for orphan children, she volunteered also in recovering from cancer day
as a speaker about cancer awareness, also she was four times a volunteer at campaigns of stem cell donation center at King Faisal Hospital taking swabs and
register donors.
marmar19941@gmail.comMaria Mufti et al., J Cancer Sci Ther 2017, 9:5(Suppl)
DOI: 10.4172/1948-5956-C1-102