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ArticleJournal of blood medicine2021

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

Noot AlOtaibi, Sarah Alsaleebi, Fahad Alanezi, Hala Alhodaib, Bashair AlThani, Duaa Aljabri, Demah Alsalman, Asma Al-Fayez, Amjad Saadah, Sumaiah Alrawiai and 2 more

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Noot AlOtaibiDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0003-4057-8264
Sarah AlsaleebiBlood Bank, King Fahad Specialist Hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Fahad AlaneziCommunity College, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-5458-7818
Hala AlhodaibDepartment of Community Health Sciences, College of Applied Medical Sciences, King Saud University, Riyad, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-3551-025X
Bashair AlThaniCollege of Business Administration, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-7643-1224
Duaa AljabriDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-2161-9932
Demah AlsalmanDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-9538-9156
Asma Al-FayezDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Amjad SaadahDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
Sumaiah AlrawiaiDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0251-0616
Norah AlyousifInformation Technology Department, Saudi Aramco, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
Turki AlanziDepartment of Health Information Management and Technology, College of Public Health, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0001-6598-1274

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purposeThe main objective of this research was to investigate the opinion of the population of Saudi Arabia on the use and acceptability of the Wateen application.

methodsThis research was a quantitative cross-sectional study in which an online questionnaire was distributed among the target population who were healthy people over 18 years of age that had used or known about the Wateen application. A total of 352 participants responded to the questionnaire. The data collection was carried out between November and December 2020. A basic descriptive statistical analysis was used to analyze the data.

resultsThe participants had used the Wateen app to follow the donation record, as a reminder of donation dates, to find lists and blood bank locations, to request blood donation, and to find donation requests on social media. After receiving the blood donation request from the Wateen app, majority of the respondents felt encouraged, motivated, and educated to donate blood, and about blood donation, respectively. Participants also indicated that the application helped them to find donors. Besides, majority of the respondents stated that the Wateen app had reduced the gap between blood donors and the need for blood. However, few participants expressed that they had not received or observed a post about the Wateen application on social media networks.

conclusionThe results of this research indicated that there is a general acceptance of the use of the Wateen app among the participants of this study. However, the importance of the Wateen app needs to be further advertised so that it can be used in the blood donation process in all regions of Saudi Arabia. In this way, the people of Saudi Arabia will be more aware of the importance of the Wateen app in the blood donation process, and the goal of the Ministry of Health of bridging the gap between donation centers and blood donors could be achieved.

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blood donationm-healthSaudi Arabiauser acceptabilityWateen application

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