Why Do Blood Donors Lapse or Reduce Their Donation's Frequency?

Charbonneau, Johanne; Cloutier, Marie-Soleil; Carrier, Élianne

doi:10.1016/j.tmrv.2015.12.001

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“…Many reported lifestyle events as obstacles, for example combining work or children with blood donations. This is consistent with results from Canada finding time constraints due to work or family life, the main reason for lapsing and reducing donation frequency [2]. However, the Canadian study found that lapsed donors with a university-level education reported time constraints more often than donors with lower education, whereas we found the opposite.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Had they contacted the donation centre with this self-deferral information, invitations for donation would have been postponed and sent out at an appropriate time. A Canadian study also reported, in consistency with our findings, that male donors stated that they forgot to donate blood as a reason for reducing or ceasing blood donation [2]. The difficulty Canadian donors had integrating blood donation into their lives was more pronounced for males.…”

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confidence: 90%

“…As a direct result of this study, Stockholm Blood Bank will make changes in the computerized system for summoning donors. Establishing a routine for donation seems particularly hard for young men, as also reported in Canada , not only because of a youthful carefree attitude, time constraints with work, studies and family building, but also because of periods of deferral that interfere in this routine. Strategies to integrate blood donation routines into a busy life can be developed with the aid of a mobile application, connecting the donor to personalized data and invitations, supporting a dialog with the blood donation centre.…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Questions on what it would take to make the donor return were constructed as four-graded Likert-scale questions. Questions with alternatives were chosen after pilot interviews with ten young male donors and from the literature of motives for lapsing and returning [1][2][3][4][5][6]8] (Tables 2-4). The survey also included two questions on satisfaction with the donor experience and satisfaction with the staff (Likert scale).…”

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Background and Objectives Most men have larger blood volumes and iron stores, making them more suitable blood donors; however, women dominate the donor population in Stockholm. Motives for cessation and returning were examined in a group of lapsing young male donors, in order to improve retention. Methods Demographic studies of the donor population. An online survey was sent to 1012 lapsing male donors aged 18–35 years. Questions focused on reasons for lapsing, returning and donor motivation. Results Demographic studies showed a predominance of female donors, especially in younger age groups. Most lapsing male donors were 18–35 years old. In this age group, there was a large turnover of male donors. The most common reason for lapsing was simply falling out of habit despite repeated invitations. Other reasons were lack of time, work, travel, new sex partner and change in residence. Adverse events were of less importance. The majority indicated that they would return for donation if they had more time and/or received yet another invitation. Donors lapsing after a single donation would significantly more often donate again, than repeat donors, if they were given information on the use of their blood. Furthermore, single‐time donors found the time spent donating significantly more important. Conclusions Increased accessibility and repeated invitations are essential for retention of young male donors. Time constraints are important, suggesting improvements in increased availability as well as shortening of visits. Young men also need help integrating blood donation routines into their life.

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confidence: 92%

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

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confidence: 98%

Section: Surveymentioning

confidence: 99%

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“…Although time constraints were found as another common reason for self‐deferral in this study, we also observed that donors claimed time constraints as the self‐deferral reason were more likely to donate again compared to donors who claimed other reasons, similar to previous reports (Charbonneau et al ., ). This observation is encouraging, implying that this donor population could be re‐enrolled by appropriate and effective strategies.…”

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Can inactive blood donors be re‐recruited? A stratified randomised pilot study

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Voluntary and non‐voluntary blood donations among doctors

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Khalil

Al-Saleh

et al. 2021

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Background Physicians may be an important source of blood donations as they are more likely to be familiar with the importance of donating and the donation process. The aim of this study is to report physicians' knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards voluntary and non‐voluntary blood donations. Study Design and Methods This was a cross‐sectional study conducted at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSH&RC), Saudi Arabia. One‐hundred‐and‐sixteen physicians and dentists responded to an online structured questionnaire sent to their institutional emails. Results Sixty‐eight percent of participants (79% of males and 43% of females) reported previously having donated blood. Eighty‐six percent of donors had previously donated on a voluntary basis, whereas 31% of donors had previously donated for a specific person. A recent donation within 5 years was associated with the younger age group and knowledge of the minimum interval between donations. Fifty‐six percent of participants agreed with using replacement donations. Compared to participants in the youngest age group (25‐35 years), older participants in the age groups (46‐55 years) and (>55 years) were less likely to express intention to donate in the next 6 months (OR 0.289, P = .022 and OR 0.083, P = .004, respectively). Participants reporting poor nutritional status or other medical reasons as a barrier to donating blood were less likely to intend to donate (OR 0.146, P < .001). Among previous donors, intention to donate was associated with a recent donation within 1 year (OR 27.13, P = .002) and having had a pleasant donation experience (OR 14.98, P < .001). Conclusion Blood donation practices are strongly tied to physicians' gender and age and their knowledge of the donation process. The most significant barrier to blood donation was found to be nutritional and medical status.

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Why Do Blood Donors Lapse or Reduce Their Donation's Frequency?

Cited by 70 publications

References 27 publications

Why do young men lapse from blood donation?

Why do young men lapse from blood donation?

Can inactive blood donors be re‐recruited? A stratified randomised pilot study

Voluntary and non‐voluntary blood donations among doctors

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