Trial reportBMC public health2020
Effective methods for reactivating inactive blood donors: a stratified randomised controlled study.
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Effective Methods for Reactivating Inactive Blood Donors: a Stratified Randomized Controlled Study
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- The efficacy of interactive communication interventions for motivating blood donation: A systematic review.Vox sanguinis · 2026Pooled it
- Application and retrospective analysis of the indicator system for non-conforming blood products in Beijing.Vox sanguinis · 2026Article
- Blood donation and subjective wellbeing: a cross-sectional survey and a randomized trial.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- The Impact of Age Group in Hierarchical Forecasting of Monthly Blood Donations in Zimbabwe.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2024Article
- Factors Affecting Voluntary Blood Donations among Adults in Metro Manila, Philippines, as a Basis for Policy Improvement on Donor Recruitment.Acta medica Philippina · 2023Article
- 'Stay at home and limit contact': The impact of stay-at-home advice on the behavior of Australian donors aged 70 and over in the first year of the pandemic.Transfusion · 2022Article
- Blood supply management during the Covid-19 pandemic: Experience in a tertiary referral hospital in Malaysia.Transfusion and apheresis science : official journal of the World Apheresis Association : official journal of the European Society for Haemapheresis · 2021Article
- Blood Donor Deferral Analysis in Relation to the Screening Process: A Single-Center Study from Southern India with Emphasis on High Hemoglobin Prevalence.Journal of blood medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecruiting of sufficient numbers of donors of blood products is vital worldwide. In this study we assessed the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of telephone calls and SMS reminders for re-recruitment of inactive blood donors.
methodsThis single-centre, non-blinded, parallel randomised controlled trial in Guangzhou, China included 11,880 inactive blood donors whose last donation was between January 1 and June 30, 2014. The donors were randomly assigned to one of two intervention groups (telephone call or short message service [SMS] communications) or to a control group without intervention. SMS messages with altruistic appeal were adopted in the SMS group; in addition to altruistic appeal, reasons for deferral of blood donation were also asked in the telephone group. All participants were followed up for 1 year. The primary outcome was re-donation rate, and rates in different groups were compared by intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis and estimation of the average treatment effect on the treated (ATT). Secondary outcomes were the self-reported deterrents. Other outcomes included the re-donation interval, and the incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of telephone calls and SMS reminders on re-recruitment.
resultsITT analysis revealed no significant differences in the re-donation rate among the three groups. ATT estimations indicated that among compliers, telephone calls significantly increased re-donation compared to both SMS reminders and no intervention. Donor return behaviour was positively associated with receiving reminders successfully, being male, older age, and previous donation history. The SMS reminder prompted donors to return sooner than no reminder within 6 months, and according to ICER calculations, SMS reminders were more cost-effective than telephone calls. Donors reported time constraints as the most main causes of self-deferral in the telephone group, and altruistic appeal had a positive effect on these donors.
conclusionsInterventions to reactivate inactive blood donors can be effective, with telephone calls prompting more donors to return but at a greater cost than SMS messages. SMS reminder with altruistic appeal can urge donors to re-donate sooner within 6 months than no reminder.
trial registrationNCT03366441 (Reactivation of Inactive Blood Donors). Retrospectively registered 4 December 2017.
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