Trial reportTransfusion2019
Determinants of blood donation willingness in the European Union: a cross-country perspective on perceived transfusion safety, concerns, and incentives.
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Ethiopian residents' knowledge and attitude towards blood donation and its associated factors: systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC public health · 2024Pooled it
- Blood donor recruitment in Guangzhou, China, during the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic.Transfusion · 2020Trial
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- Facilitators of and barriers to blood donation among voluntary non-remunerated blood donors in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review.Vox sanguinis · 2025Article
- Discrete choice experiment to determine preferences of blood donation in Iran.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Exploring the perceptions of living donation among potential Moroccan donors in the Netherlands.PloS one · 2025Article
- Voluntary Blood Donation in Modern Healthcare: Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- The infected blood inquiry: Impact on public perceptions of blood supply risk, safety, and donation attitudes.Transfusion medicine (Oxford, England) · 2024Article
- Psychological responses to blood donated by men who have sex with men.Blood transfusion = Trasfusione del sangue · 2024Article
- How public trust and healthcare quality relate to blood donation behavior: Cross-cultural evidence.Journal of health psychology · 2024Article
- Knowledge and Barriers About Blood Donation and Associated Factors in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review.Cureus · 2023Review
- Occult hepatitis B in Iranian blood donors, an overview of the challenges: A narrative review.Health science reports · 2023Article
- Blood donation practice and its associated factors among Polish population: secondary data analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- "Blood for Blood"? Personal Motives and Deterrents for Blood Donation in the German Population.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- ABO and Rhesus Blood Group Distribution and Blood Donation Willingness Among First-Year Health Students in a Saudi University.Journal of blood medicine · 2021Article
- Beyond Description: The Predictive Role of Affect, Memory, and Context in the Decision to Donate or Not Donate Blood.Transfusion medicine and hemotherapy : offizielles Organ der Deutschen Gesellschaft fur Transfusionsmedizin und Immunhamatologie · 2020Review
- Blood donors deferral prevalence and causes in a tertiary health care hospital, southern Nigeria.BMC health services research · 2019Article
- (Non-)donor demographics, donation willingness, and the donor career.Transfusion · 2019Review
- An analysis of the awareness, mindset, and etiquette about blood donation among blood donors at a tertiary care center in Western Maharashtra: An observational study.Asian journal of transfusion scienceArticle
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Abstract
backgroundWillingness to donate blood depends on personal characteristics, beliefs, and motivations, but also on the cultural context. The aim of this study was to examine whether willingness to donate blood is associated with attitudes toward blood transfusion, personal motivators, and incentives and whether these factors vary across countries in the European Union (EU). STUDY DESIGN AND
methodsThe sample consisted of 27,868 participants, from 28 EU member states, who were interviewed about blood donation and transfusion-related issues for the 2014 round of the Eurobarometer, a country-comparative survey, collected on behalf of the European Commission. Participants were asked whether they would be willing to donate blood and for which reasons (motivators) and which incentives are appropriate to receive in return for a blood donation.
resultsWillingness to donate varied significantly across countries and was positively associated with perceived blood transfusion safety. Furthermore, helping family or people in need were the most powerful motivators for blood donation willingness in almost all countries. In contrast, the number of participants who were willing to donate to alleviate shortages or to contribute to research varied widely across countries. The wish to receive certain incentives, however, did not seem to be related to willingness to donate.
conclusionPerceived blood transfusion safety and personal motivations may be stronger determinants of willingness to donate than receiving certain incentives. EU-wide strategies and guidelines for donor recruitment and retention should take both overall and country-specific patterns into account. For example, education on the importance of donation could be considered.
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