scholarly journals Characterization of blood donors and non-blood donors in Germany using an online survey

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 595-602
Author(s):  
Benita Stock ◽  
Luis Möckel
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Organ Donor ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Survey Tool ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Potential Channels ◽  
Physical Consequences

Abstract Objectives of this study were to analyze characteristics influencing blood donation status, to identify anxieties and reasons for (non-)blood donation, and potential channels for future blood donation campaigns. A random population from Germany was interviewed using the online survey tool SoSci Survey. The access link to the questionnaire was distributed via snowball system and the Bavarian Red Cross. Statistical analysis was performed to identify factors influencing blood donation status. A total of 682 participants (27.3% blood donors) with a mean age of 33.4 and a standard deviation (SD) of 12.0 years were included into the analysis. Strongest factor associated with being blood donor was having a blood donor within family and friends (Odds ratio [OR]: 5.05 [95% confidence interval [95% CI]: 2.63; 9.70]; p≤0.001), whereas having anxiety related to blood donation was the strongest factor for being non-blood donor (OR: 0.11 [95% CI: 0.05; 0.21] p≤0.001). Other factors significantly influencing blood donor status were age, health-related quality of life, knowledge on blood donation, being an organ donor and having pre-conditions. Main anxieties avoiding blood donation were fear of physical consequences, and fear of the injection needle. Most frequently mentioned channels which should be used for blood donation campaigns were Instagram and free TV. Involving blood donors into campaigns to recruit new blood donors from their personal environment and to focus campaign content on physical benefits of blood donations might help to recruit new blood donors. In addition, running campaigns stronger on channels such as Instagram might increase their scope.

scholarly journals Gamification: Blood Donor Apps for IOS Devices

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-26
Author(s):  
Alvedi Chandra Sabani ◽  
Ida Bagus Kerthyayana Manuaba ◽  
Erwin Adi
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Supply And Demand ◽  
Real Life ◽  
User Acceptance ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Acceptance Test ◽  
Test Results ◽  
A Company

Humans need blood to live and there is no substitute for it. Based on the statistics gathered by the Australian Red Cross, 1 in 3 people will need a blood donation once in their lifetime. However, only 1.5% of Indonesian people donate their blood. In order to rectify this unbalanced blood donation supply and demand, an application named Game4Life was developed and tested. This paper aims to implement ‘gamification’ on iOS devices to encourage users to donate their blood and help to end this shortage. This paper focused on developing features that would help blood donors to schedule their donation as well as a reward and achievement system to motivate future donors and keep them engaged. The deliverable prototype of this paper is implementable and expandable in real life with the cooperation of Palang Merah Indonesia (Red Cross Indonesia) and a company sponsor. Based on the User Acceptance Test results and Palang Merah Indonesia's response, Game4Life has successfully satisfied its scope and requirements.

scholarly journals PROPORTION OF RHESUS BLOOD TYPE PHENOTYPES OF ROUTINE BLOOD DONORS AT BLOOD DONOR UNIT INDONESIAN RED CROSS IN BANDUNG CITY

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 155
Author(s):  
Ivana Dewi ◽  
Nadjwa Zamalek Dalimoenthe ◽  
Anna Tjandrawati ◽  
Nida Suraya
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid ◽  
Blood Type ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Matching Problems ◽  
Routine Blood ◽  
Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction

Blood type phenotype incompatibility including Rhesus between donors and patients may result in cross-matching problems, triggering alloimmunization, and caused Hemolytic Transfusion Reaction (HTR). Rhesus blood type incompatibility between mother and fetus may cause Hemolytic Disease of Fetus and Newborn (HDFN). Pretransfusion phenotypic blood groups matching also reduce cost efficiently which means antibody screening is no longer needed. The purpose of the study is to find the proportion Rhesus blood type phenotypes in routine blood donors at Blood Donor Unit, Indonesian Red Cross in Bandung city, Indonesia.The study is a descriptive and observational with cross sectional design. The study was done at Blood Donor Unit, Indonesian Red Cross in Bandung city from April 2016 to September 2017. The subjects were 142 routine blood donors, blood sampling was done simultaneously with blood donation. Rhesus antigen examination of ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) blood was done by gel method. Subjects characteristics were male (68%) and female (32%), with the mean age was 39 years. Examination of Rhesus antigen were found antigen D(100%), antigen e(98,6%), antigen C(97,9%), antigen c(38,7%) and antigen E(31,7%). Results of Rhesus phenotypes were DCe/DCe(61,3%), DCe/DcE(29,6%), DCe/dce(7%), DcE/DcE(1,4%) and DcE/dce(0.7%). The distribution of Rhesus blood type were affected by factors such as genetics, race, ethnicity, marriage, demography, and migration. Rhesus blood phenotypes proportion in routine blood donors at Blood Donor Unit, Indonesian Red Cross in Bandung city sorted from the most are DCe/DCe, DCe/DcE, DCe/dce, DcE/DcE and DcE/dce.Keywords: blood donor, phenotype, Rhesus

scholarly journals Pengembangan Sistem Informasi Pencatatan Riwayat Dan Notifikasi Penjadwalan Donor Darah Berbasis Website Menggunakan Framework Codeigniter

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-113
Author(s):  
Rosalina Yani Widiastuti ◽  
Endang Setyawati ◽  
Angela Marici Uba Langobelen
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
System Development ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Prototype Model ◽  
Average Value ◽  
Efficient Information ◽  
Taking Action

The Indonesian Red Cross is a national association organization in Indonesia that is engaged in the social and humanitarian field. One of PMI's main activities is blood donation. Currently, in handling the need for blood donors, UDD PMI Banyumas Regency has a system that helps in the donor process, namely SIMDONAR. SIMDONAR is an information system from the central IT provided to UDD PMI Banyumas Regency in the operation of blood donors, but in some aspects of blood donation, such as donor recording and notification of donor scheduling to donors, there is still no available so that it can run efficiently. Data collection in the blood donor history recording system still cannot be recorded properly, causing donors to also not be able to know the history of the last donor, when and how many times the donor has donated, there is also no notification of blood donor scheduling for donors, this makes the information conveyed to donors is incomplete so that donors are confused in taking action when to donate again. Therefore, to support the smooth running of the blood donor system, it is necessary to rebuild an appropriate information system that can provide a solution for the process of recording blood donation history at UDD PMI Banyumas Regency. The purpose of this system is to provide accurate and efficient information related to blood donation history records, and scheduling notifications to officers and donors. The benefit of this system is that it helps provide information related to donor history records for UDD PMI Banyumas Regency so that they can find out donor history records from donors, also helps donors to find out donor history or how many times the donor has donated blood. In this case, the system development method uses the prototype model method. Based on the results of the benefit test, the average value of the Efficiency value is 98.33%, the Usability value is 94.33%, the Correctness value is 95.56%, the Integrity value is 96.67%, and the Testability value is 96.67%. From the results of the benefit test, it can be concluded that the development of this system can be applied and used to facilitate the process of recording blood donor history and notification of blood donor scheduling at UDD PMI Banyumas Regency.

Youth and Blood Donation, Symbol of Human Solidarity

1972 ◽  
Vol 12 (137) ◽  
pp. 429-431 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
International Federation ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Organ Transplants

The International Federation of Blood Donors held its seventh Congress in Monaco in October 1971, and the report of its work has now been published. This reproduces various technical communications on, inter alia, “The Importance of Blood Donation for Organ Transplants” and current blood transfusion problems. It contains also a report by the Belgian Red Cross Society's constantly developing blood donor service, for the number of donors has unceasingly increased from 131,000 in 1969 to 147,000 in 1971.

scholarly journals Knowledge level and motivation of Hong Kong young adults towards blood donation: a cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. e031865 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lorna Kwai Ping Suen ◽  
Judy Yuen-man Siu ◽  
Yik Mun Lee ◽  
Engle Angela Chan
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Logistic Regression ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Prior Experience ◽  
Organ Donor ◽  
Knowledge Level ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Cross Sectional

ObjectivesThis study aimed to (1) determine the knowledge level of young adults towards blood donation, and (2) to understand their donor identity and the meanings of blood donation to them.DesignA questionnaire-based cross-sectional survey.Setting and participantsUndergraduate students of a university in Hong Kong recruited by convenience sampling, at public facilities in campus such as student canteens and the Campus Blood Donor Centre of the university.Outcome measuresThe questionnaire which consisted of three parts was used for data collection. Part 1 collected sociodemographic information and items associated with blood donation; part 2 related to knowledge on blood donation and part 3 focused on blood donor identity. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to determine the OR and identify the predictors for blood donation.ResultsAmong the 542 respondents, 274 were non-blood donors and 268 were blood donors. Blood donors generally have a better knowledge towards blood donation than non-blood donors. The results of univariate analyses indicated that being a female (OR=1.99, p<0.001), aged 22 years or above (OR=234, p<0.001), studying at year 4 or 5 (OR=2.12, p=0.003), studying health-related programmes (OR=1.96, p<0.001), being registered as an organ donor (OR=6.59, p<0.001), had prior experience of receiving blood (OR=7.60, p<0.001) or prior experience of being refused for blood donation (OR=5.14, p<0.001) were significantly associated with being a blood donor. Having prior experience of receiving blood was the strongest predictor for being a blood donor, followed by being registered as an organ donor, after controlling for all other factors in the logistic regression model.ConclusionsThe findings are consistent with self-determination theory, which hypothesises that people are more likely to abide with blood donation behaviours that are internally rather than externally motivated.

scholarly journals TO ANALYSE THE DEFERRAL INCIDENCE AND ITS PATTERN AMONG THE BLOOD DONORS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN NORTH INDIA.

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (8) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Surbhi Jain
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Selection Process ◽  
Tertiary Care ◽  
Clinical History ◽  
North India ◽  
Tertiary Care Centre ◽  
One Year ◽  
Donor Deferral

Background: Blood donor programme is vital to any transfusion service. This process of blood donation involves voluntary and non remunerated blood donors. The objective of donor screening is to minimize the chances of transmitting infectious agents to recipients. Material and Method: The study was conducted during one year duration from 2017-2018. A total of 700 donors are deferred against 9556 blood donors recruited on the basis of clinical history and brief medical examination in blood bank and voluntary blood donation camps. Donors were deferred temporarily or permanently. Result: Out of 700 deferred donors; 546 were voluntary and 154 were replacement blood donors. Male (601) outnumbered female (99). There were 682 temporary and 18 permanent deferral. Most common age group for deferral was 17-30 yrs (490). Common causes included anemia(142), on medication(108), underweight(83) and high blood pressure(72). Conclusion: Donor selection process is a most important preliminary step in blood banking and should follow stringent medical and regulatory rules. Studying and analysing the profile of blood donors will help to identify sections of the population which could be targeted to increase the pool of voluntary blood donors. Every attempt should be made to decrease the donor deferral keeping in view the safety of both donor and recipients. Keywords: Blood donor, Deferral, Voluntary, Temporary, Permanent.

scholarly journals Negative peri-donation events among whole blood donors in a blood bank in Ibadan, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Foluke A. Fasola
Keyword(s):  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Blood Bank ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Negative Experience ◽  
Screening Criteria ◽  
Donation Process ◽  
Donor Population ◽  
Ibadan Nigeria

The existence and sustenance of the blood bank depends on blood donors. It is imperative that the donation experience is satisfactory for the donors. Therefore this study was carried out to determine the frequency of undesirable events experienced by the blood donor as part of donor haemovigilance. This was a retrospective descriptive study of the events that occurred amongst the blood donors of the blood bank of a tertiary institution. The blood donor incident book was reviewed for the period of six months. Negative undesirable events occurred in 2% of the donor populations, of which 45.8% could not complete the blood donation process while only 16.7% completed the blood donation process. Mild vasovagal attack occurred in 0.2% of the donor population. Undisclosed deferrable risk factors/ behaviours were identified by the phlebotomist in the bleeding room which made donors unfit for donation even though they had passed the donor screening criteria. This accounted for 20.8% of those with negative experience. Guidelines are required to identify donors that are not likely to complete donation to avoid wastage of time, blood, resources and reduce undesirable experiences.

A Cross-Sectional Study of Sociodemographic Profile of Blood Donors and Their Knowledge about Blood Donation in a Rural Area of Kerala

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (29) ◽  
pp. 2615-2619
Author(s):  
Indu Pachampully Kumaran ◽  
Archana K.A ◽  
Meena Dharmadas ◽  
Sasikala Nadanganan ◽  
Anu Kumar B ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blood Transfusion ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Director General ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Donor Motivation ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Communication Modalities

BACKGROUND Even in the presence of sufficient voluntary blood donors, the need of blood is not met yet. We wanted to evaluate the causes that hinder the smooth functioning of well-maintained blood transfusion services (BTS). METHODS This is a population based cross-sectional study conducted among blood donors from voluntary outreach blood donation camp for period of one year. Total 1536 blood donors from 32 blood donation camps were subjected to study for the sociodemographic characteristic and their knowledge of blood donation. Statistical analysis of data was done using Microsoft Excel, analysed using statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) ver.16 software. RESULTS A total of 32 blood donation camps were conducted during the study period that provided 1536 donors. In most of the camps, male donors (75 %) were more than female donors. Donors of age group of 30 to 39 years (43.9 %) were more when compared to others. Donors those who were married accounted for 79.9 %. Blood donors of Hindu religion (53 %) were more. CONCLUSIONS The main hindrance for blood donor motivation is lack of knowledge. Literacy and chance to mingle in society have a positive effect on blood donor motivation. Targeting of effective donor motivation, recruitment, and retention were attained by conducting awareness classes, seminars, workshops, and visual communication modalities. KEYWORDS World Health Organization, Altruistic Blood Donor, Blood Transfusion Services, Transfusion Transmitted Infections, Blood Components and Plasma Derivatives, Director General of Health Services (DGHS), National Blood Transportation Council (NBTC)

The Bavarian Red Cross Blood Donor BioBank: the first successful combination of blood donation and biobanking for medical research

Transfusion ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 51 (5) ◽  
pp. 1121-1122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Zoglmeier ◽  
Silke Martin ◽  
Franz Weinauer
Keyword(s):  
Medical Research ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donation ◽  
Red Cross

No association between iron status and self-reported health-related quality of life in 16,375 Danish blood donors: results from the Danish Blood Donor Study

Transfusion ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (7) ◽  
pp. 1752-1756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas S. Rigas ◽  
Ole B. Pedersen ◽  
Cecilie J. Sørensen ◽  
Erik Sørensen ◽  
Sebastian R. Kotzé ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Blood Donor ◽  
Blood Donors ◽  
Iron Status ◽  
Health Related Quality ◽  
Related Quality ◽  
Health Related ◽  
Reported Health
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