The willingness to donate blood: an empirical analysis of socio-demographic and motivation-related determinants

Tscheulin, Dieter K.; Lindenmeier, Jörg

doi:10.1258/0951484054572547

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“…In a study conducted by Tscheulin and Lindenmeier, they found that the willingness to donate blood does increase with the level of education [15]. A consistent result also was found in a study conducted in the year 2006 that taken from Ahuja and Saluja whereby they found that 76% of the study respondents were among those who has a college education, has bachelor degree and has a master's degree or higher [16].…”

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“…However, that was in 1970s to 1980s. Later, it was found that, the average age was decreased and the willingness to donate blood will decline with the respondents' age [15]. Even, a more recent study conducted by Saluja's and Ahuja in tertiary care hospitals has indicated the same direction whereby they concluded that younger people had a high willingness to donate blood compared to the elders [16].…”

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The Intention to Donate Blood: An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Determinants

Hamid¹,

Basiruddin²,

Hassan³

2013

IJSSH

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Abstract-The current trends of blood supply shortage have raised the concern about the ability to meet the blood product demand in the future. At the time of high demand for blood products especially during festive seasons, Malaysia is unable to encounter the demand. As a result, the quality of human life is affected. This has created the prerequisite to understand the scenario and recognizing the factors that may influence people's intention to donate blood. The purpose of this survey-based study is to investigate the implication of socio-demographic factors in measuring the intention of the public to involve in a blood donation program specifically in Perlis population, Malaysia. The findings indicated that, among the socio-demographic factors, gender is predicted to have the greatest association with intention to donate blood than others. Besides, individuals who have blood donation experience in life were more desired to do again their behavior in the future than those who are not. The new discoveries generated are believed to be valuable for future research as well as in designing future blood donation program in order to encourage the participation of the public.Index Terms-Blood donation, intention to donate blood, socio-demographic determinants.

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The Intention to Donate Blood: An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Determinants

Hamid¹,

Basiruddin²,

Hassan³

2013

IJSSH

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“…Posters and pamphlets at blood banks are probably more cost-effective than advertising in the mass media. In addition, blood donors are also often driven by altruistic or humanitarian motives (7).…”

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Swedish sperm donors are driven by altruism, but shortage of sperm donors leads to reproductive travelling

Ekerhovd

Faurskov²,

Werner³

2008

Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences

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Background: Swedish legislation requires that sperm donors are identifiable to offspring. In Denmark sperm donors remain anonymous. The aim of this study was to examine sperm donation in Sweden by identifying socio-demographic backgrounds, motivations and attitudes among donors and to describe options and plans of sperm recipients. Furthermore, the willingness of Swedish health care providers to assist in treatment abroad, where sperm from an anonymous donor were to be used, was assessed. The extent of travelling to Denmark for reproductive purposes was also examined. Methods: Thirty Swedish sperm donors completed a questionnaire and were interviewed about their backgrounds, motivations and attitudes. Thirty couples where the infertility workup had shown azoospermia were interviewed about their options for achieving parenthood. The willingness to assist in fertility treatment abroad and the extent of reproductive cross border travelling were assessed by interviewing health care providers and by contacting Danish clinics. Results: Almost all donors were Caucasian. The main motivation for sperm donors was to help others. Owing to shortage of sperm donors many Caucasian recipients intended to have treatment abroad. For most non-Caucasian recipients sperm from a donor of appropriate ethnicity were not available in Sweden. Whether the sperm donor was anonymous or identifiable was not of major importance to most sperm recipients. Health care providers expressed unanimous willingness to assist in treatment with sperm from an anonymous donor. Our inquiry indicated that more than 250 Swedish sperm recipients travel to Denmark annually. Conclusions: Identifiable sperm donors are driven by altruistic motives, but shortage of sperm donors leads to reproductive travelling. Recruitment strategies to increase the number of sperm donors in Sweden are therefore warranted.

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“…Altruizam je bio najčešći motiv, što je i u saglasnosti sa brojnim studijama evropskih centara (14)(15)(16)(17). Tek 7.7% ispitanika bi krv darovalo zbog beneficija kao što su oslabađanje od participacije ili slobodni dani.…”

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Blood collection and motivation in local community

Milicev¹,

Simić²,

Đurđević³

et al. 2013

Mat Med

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ApstraktDobrovoljno davalaštvo (DDK) je jedini način za obezbeđivanje kontinuirane zalihe ovog jedinstvenog leka. Stoga je neophodno motivisati i informisati stanovištvo o pozitivnim efektima donatorstva krvi, a u cilju da se regrutuju novi i zadržavanja postojećih DDK.Cilj ovog rada bio je ispitivanje načina informisanosti, motiva i prepreka za dobrovoljno davanje krvi, kao i razloga za ponovno davalaštvo.Ispitivanje je obuhvatilo 65 DDK koji su popunjavali upitnik u Službi za transfuziju krvi KBC Zemun-Beograd. Pitanja su se odnosila na strukturne podatke (pol, starosna dob, obrazovanje), znanje i informisanost o davalaštvu, kao i na motaviciju i prepreke u vezi budućeg dobrovoljnog davanja krvi. Statistička obrada je obuhvatila standardne metode deskriptivne statistike kao i grafičke prikaze.Dobijeni rezultati su pokazali da je većina ispitanika za dobrovoljno davanje krvi saznalo od porodice i prijatelja (40.6%). Namensko davanje krvi je u većini slučajeva (33.8%) bio prvi kontakt sa davalaštvom. Čak 66.5% DDK se tokom procedure davanja krvi oseća odlično, međutim 7.7% kao prepreku u davanju krvi bira ubod igle. Njih 73.9% se odlučilo da će nastaviti redovno da daruje krv, a kao glavni razlog su uglavnom navodili altruizam (33.8%). Među onima koji bi krv darovali možda povremeno (26.1%), glavni motiv je bio slučaj da krv zatreba nekome iz bliskog okruženja (12.3%).Na osnovnu ispitivanja, može se reći da je u našoj lokalnoj zajednici dobrovoljno davalaštvo krvi zasnovano na altruizmu. Ipak, u cilju okupljanja većeg broja potencijalnih DDK i zarad zadržavanja postojećih, neophodna je stalna motivacija i promocija davalaštva kao jedinstvne karike zdravstvenog sistema u koje je uključeno celokupno stanovništvo.Ključne reči: dobrovoljni davalac krvi, motivacija, informisanost, altruizam. Blood collection and motivation in local community AbstractVoluntary blood donation is the only source of continous blood supply. That is why motivation and informing about positive effects of donating is of key importance in order to recruit and keep existing donors.The study was performed in Department of blood Transfusion, Clinical Hospital Center Zemun-Belgrade, where questionnaire was given to 65 volontary blood donors. The questionnaire comprised structural questions (sex, age, education), questions about previous knowladge and information, as well as motivation and obstacles for donating blood. Descriptive analyses and grafics were used for analizing and presentig results.Collected data showed that the majority of respondents got information about donating from family and friends (40.6%). Dedicated donation was the most common first contact with donating (33.8%). Although, 66.5% of respondents were feeling excelent during the procedure of blood donation, 7.7% of them choose needle as the most common obstacle. 73.9% declared that are willing to continue with regular donating and alturism was the most quoted motiv (33.8%). Among those who would donate blood periodically (26.1%), the most common motiv was if family or friend...

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The willingness to donate blood: an empirical analysis of socio-demographic and motivation-related determinants

Cited by 64 publications

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The Intention to Donate Blood: An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Determinants

The Intention to Donate Blood: An Analysis of Socio-Demographic Determinants

Swedish sperm donors are driven by altruism, but shortage of sperm donors leads to reproductive travelling

Blood collection and motivation in local community

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