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

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.

Source: Transfusion Medicine Reviews - December 14, 2015 Category: Hematology Authors: Johanne Charbonneau, Marie-Soleil Cloutier, Élianne Carrier Tags: Original Article Source Type: research