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In search of stool donors: a multicenter study of prior knowledge, perceptions, motivators, and deterrents among potential donors for fecal microbiota transplantation.
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- Pooled it
- A multi-step screening algorithm for fecal microbiota transplantation donors: integrating metagenomic and metabolomic profiling for improved safety and donor quality assessment.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Exploring factors influencing university students' participation in fecal microbiota donation: a descriptive qualitative study.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Donor-centric administration of the stool donor program is vital to its feasibility and patient safety.Gut microbes · 2025Review
- Public knowledge, awareness and perception of gut microbiome and faecal microbiota transplantation in Singapore: a survey study.Singapore medical journal · 2025Article
- Perceived usability, acceptability, and feasibility of stool-based qPCR TB diagnostics: perspectives from healthcare providers in Manhiça District, southern Mozambique.BMC infectious diseases · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota and sepsis-associated encephalopathy: pathogenesis and precision therapies.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2025Review
- Investigating potential links between gut microbiome, clinical parameters, and mortality in long-living male patients receiving multi-drug therapy.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
- Exploring biorepository donation patterns, experiences, and recommendations: a mixed-methods study among Appalachian adults enrolled in a sugary drink reduction program.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Knowledge and perceptions of blood donors of the Western Cape Blood Services, South Africa, toward vaginal sample donation for biobanking.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2024Article
- Knowledge and perceptions of South African blood donors towards biobanking and stool donation.Southern African journal of infectious diseases · 2024Article
- The Next Generation Fecal Microbiota Transplantation: To Transplant Bacteria or Virome.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2023Review
- "Seek and find" or "search and destroy?" Identifying and retaining "healthy" stool donors for fecal microbiota transplantation.JGH open : an open access journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2023Article
- Current Trends and Challenges of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation-An Easy Method That Works for All?Biomedicines · 2022Review
- Washed preparation of faecal microbiota changes the transplantation related safety, quantitative method and delivery.Microbial biotechnology · 2022Article
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- A probiotic intervention on pain hypersensitivity and microbiota composition in patients with osteoarthritis pain: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.Archives of rheumatology · 2021Article
- Knowledge, attitudes, ethical and social perspectives towards fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) among Jordanian healthcare providers.BMC medical ethics · 2021Observational
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- Washed microbiota transplantation vs. manual fecal microbiota transplantation: clinical findings, animal studies and in vitro screening.Protein & cell · 2020Article
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Abstract
Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a highly effective therapy for recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. Stool donors are essential, but difficult to recruit and retain. We aimed to identify factors influencing willingness to donate stool. This multi-center study with a 32-item questionnaire targeted young adults and health care workers via social media and university email lists in Edmonton and Kingston, Canada; London and Nottingham, England; and Indianapolis and Boston, USA. Items included baseline demographics and FMT knowledge and perception. Investigated motivators and deterrents included economic compensation, screening process, time commitment, and stool donation logistics. Logistic regression and linear regression models estimated associations of study variables with self-assessed willingness to donate stool. 802 respondents completed our questionnaire: 387 (48.3%) age 21-30 years, 573 (71.4%) female, 323 (40%) health care workers. Country of residence, age and occupation were not associated with willingness to donate stool. Factors increasing willingness to donate were: already a blood donor (OR 1.64), male, altruism, economic benefit, knowledge of how FMT can help patients (OR 1.32), and positive attitudes towards FMT (OR 1.39). Factors decreasing willingness to donate were: stool collection unpleasant (OR 0.92), screening process invasive (OR 0.92), higher stool donation frequency, negative social perception of stool, and logistics of collection/transporting feces. We conclude that 1) blood donors and males are more willing to consider stool donation; 2) altruism, economic compensation, and positive feedback are motivators; and 3) screening process, high donation frequency, logistics of collection/transporting feces, lack of public awareness, and negative social perception are deterrents. Considering these variables could maximize donor recruitment and retention.
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