PMID- 26764124
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20161111
LR  - 20220410
IS  - 1532-9496 (Electronic)
IS  - 0887-7963 (Linking)
VI  - 30
IP  - 1
DP  - 2016 Jan
TI  - Why Do Blood Donors Lapse or Reduce Their Donation's Frequency?
PG  - 1-5
LID - S0887-7963(15)00116-9 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.tmrv.2015.12.001 [doi]
AB  - Finding effective ways to retain blood donors is crucial. This study seeks to 
      compare, in a context of a voluntary and nonremunerated system, donor 
      demographics and deterrents to blood donation among plasma/platelet donors 
      (PPDs), regular whole blood donors (WBDs), and lapsed whole blood donors (LWBD). 
      Among 1879 participants to a survey on motivations, time use, and blood donation, 
      207 WBDs (26%) and 148 PPDs (31%) said that they reduced their donation frequency 
      over the last 5 years. Participants to this survey also included 609 LWBDs, who 
      did not donate in the past 5 years. We asked about reasons why they reduce or 
      cease to donate blood and demographic variables. chi(2) Tests were completed to 
      determine which deterrents stand out across the 3 blood donor groups. The 
      deterrent indicating the highest percentage was "time constraints related to work 
      or studies" (43% for all respondents). Comparison of WBDs, LWBDs, and PPDs shows 
      that results for 7 deterrents were statistically different between the 3 groups. 
      Obstacles to donating blood also vary based on sex, age (life course), and level 
      of education. Blood collection agencies should consider developing new retention 
      strategies tailored to blood donors, taking into account the specific profiles of 
      female/male donors, events that typically occur at various stages of life, and 
      particular challenges associated with differences in levels of education.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
FAU - Charbonneau, Johanne
AU  - Charbonneau J
AD  - Social Aspect of Blood Donation, INRS, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: 
      johanne.charbonneau@ucs.inrs.ca.
FAU - Cloutier, Marie-Soleil
AU  - Cloutier MS
AD  - Social Aspect of Blood Donation, INRS, Montreal, QC, Canada. Electronic address: 
      Marie-soleil.cloutier@ucs.inrs.ca.
FAU - Carrier, Elianne
AU  - Carrier E
AD  - Social Aspect of Blood Donation, INRS, Montreal, QC, Canada.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
DEP - 20151215
PL  - United States
TA  - Transfus Med Rev
JT  - Transfusion medicine reviews
JID - 8709027
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Blood Donors/psychology/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Motivation
MH  - Patient Participation/statistics & numerical data/*trends
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
MH  - Young Adult
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Apheresis donors
OT  - Blood donation
OT  - Deterrents
OT  - Questionnaires
OT  - Sociodemographic variables
EDAT- 2016/01/15 06:00
MHDA- 2016/11/12 06:00
CRDT- 2016/01/15 06:00
PHST- 2015/08/04 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2015/10/26 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2015/12/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2016/01/15 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2016/01/15 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2016/11/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0887-7963(15)00116-9 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.tmrv.2015.12.001 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Transfus Med Rev. 2016 Jan;30(1):1-5. doi: 10.1016/j.tmrv.2015.12.001. Epub 2015 
      Dec 15.