PMID- 16934074
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20060922
LR  - 20220317
IS  - 0041-1132 (Print)
IS  - 0041-1132 (Linking)
VI  - 46
IP  - 8
DP  - 2006 Aug
TI  - The effect of whole-blood donor adverse events on blood donor return rates.
PG  - 1374-9
AB  - BACKGROUND: Some blood donation-related adverse events (AEs) can negatively 
      impact the blood donor return rate (BDRR) and decrease donor retention. STUDY 
      DESIGN AND METHODS: One-thousand randomly selected whole-blood donors were 
      interviewed 3 weeks after a 525-mL index whole-blood donation for seven AEs. The 
      number of return visits and duration of follow-up were recorded for each of the 
      1000 donors. A negative binomial regression analysis was used to determine the 
      contribution of the four most common AEs to the BDRR, and interactions between 
      these AEs were also evaluated. RESULTS: The four most common AEs were bruise 
      alone (15.1%), sore arm "alone" (7.0%), fatigue "alone" (5.1%), and donor 
      reaction "alone" (4.2%), where "alone" is defined to also include donors who had 
      a bruise but no other AE. The estimated BDRR for donations without AEs was 1.32 
      visits per year. The estimated BDRRs for the four most common AEs were: bruise 
      alone, 1.32 visits per year; sore arm alone, 1.30 visits per year (2% reduction 
      in BDRR); fatigue alone, 1.06 visits per year (20% reduction in BDRR); and donor 
      reaction alone, 0.87 visits per year (34% reduction in BDRR). The BDRR for donor 
      reaction, fatigue, and sore arm together was 0.20 visits per year (85% reduction 
      in BDRR). CONCLUSION: Donor reaction had the most negative impact on the BDRR. 
      There appears to be a synergistic effect between donor reaction, fatigue, and 
      sore arm. Theoretically, amelioration of some AEs has the potential to improve 
      BDRRs.
FAU - Newman, Bruce H
AU  - Newman BH
AD  - American Red Cross Blood Services, Southeastern Michigan Region, Michigan 48201, 
      USA. newmanb@usa.redcross.org
FAU - Newman, Daniel T
AU  - Newman DT
FAU - Ahmad, Raffat
AU  - Ahmad R
FAU - Roth, Arthur J
AU  - Roth AJ
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
PL  - United States
TA  - Transfusion
JT  - Transfusion
JID - 0417360
SB  - IM
MH  - *Blood Donors/psychology
MH  - Blood Transfusion/psychology
MH  - *Contusions/etiology/psychology
MH  - Fatigue/etiology/psychology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Interviews as Topic
MH  - *Pain/etiology/psychology
MH  - Time Factors
EDAT- 2006/08/29 09:00
MHDA- 2006/09/23 09:00
CRDT- 2006/08/29 09:00
PHST- 2006/08/29 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2006/09/23 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2006/08/29 09:00 [entrez]
AID - TRF00905 [pii]
AID - 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00905.x [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Transfusion. 2006 Aug;46(8):1374-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00905.x.