Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013.
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Demographic information of blood donors is important to formulate strategies for recruitment and maintenance of the donor group. Factors like aging population, increasingly advanced medical...
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ftlandspitaliuni:oai:www.hirsla.lsh.is:2336/619202 2023-05-15T16:46:04+02:00 Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. Jóhannsdóttir, Vigdís Gudmundsson, Sveinn Möller, Eðvald Aspelund, Thor Zoëga, Helga 1Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. 2National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland. 3School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. 2016 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/619202 https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.13522 en eng Wiley Online Library http://dx.doi.org/ 10.1111/trf.13522 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/trf.13522/epdf Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. 2016, 56 (6 Pt 2):1654-61 Transfusion 1537-2995 26919164 doi:10.1111/trf.13522 http://hdl.handle.net/2336/619202 Transfusion Archived with thanks to Transfusion Landspitali Access - LSH-aðgangur Blóðgjöf BAB12 Blood Donors Iceland Article 2016 ftlandspitaliuni https://doi.org/10.1111/trf.13522 2022-05-29T08:22:12Z To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Demographic information of blood donors is important to formulate strategies for recruitment and maintenance of the donor group. Factors like aging population, increasingly advanced medical treatments, and growing safety initiatives to protect donors and recipients of blood components are likely to affect the size of the donor group in the future. The purpose of this study was to determine the size of the donor group in Iceland and describe the demographic and donation characteristics. The size of the Icelandic donor group was determined and the demographic and donation characteristics described, particularly of all newly registered and whole blood donors in the country from 2005 to 2013. Overall the prevalence of whole blood donors per population decreased by 24.2% between 2005 and 2013 or by 3.4% per year. Females and males were almost equally represented as newly registered donors (44.7%/55.3%) but males were better represented as whole blood donors (26.7%/73.3%). Only 57.5% of newly registered donors in 2005 to 2006 returned to donate blood in the period 2005-2013. In parallel with a period of decreased demand for red blood cells, the number of whole blood donors and donations declined in Iceland between 2005 and 2013 but still with adequate supply. A smaller retention among females than males gives the opportunity to focus on increasing the share of women among regular blood donors. Strategic work toward effective recruitment and retention of newly registered donors is needed to ensure a sufficiently large group of blood donors in Iceland in the near future. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Hirsla - Landspítali University Hospital research archive Transfusion 56 6pt2 1654 1661 |
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To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink at the bottom of the page Demographic information of blood donors is important to formulate strategies for recruitment and maintenance of the donor group. Factors like aging population, increasingly advanced medical treatments, and growing safety initiatives to protect donors and recipients of blood components are likely to affect the size of the donor group in the future. The purpose of this study was to determine the size of the donor group in Iceland and describe the demographic and donation characteristics. The size of the Icelandic donor group was determined and the demographic and donation characteristics described, particularly of all newly registered and whole blood donors in the country from 2005 to 2013. Overall the prevalence of whole blood donors per population decreased by 24.2% between 2005 and 2013 or by 3.4% per year. Females and males were almost equally represented as newly registered donors (44.7%/55.3%) but males were better represented as whole blood donors (26.7%/73.3%). Only 57.5% of newly registered donors in 2005 to 2006 returned to donate blood in the period 2005-2013. In parallel with a period of decreased demand for red blood cells, the number of whole blood donors and donations declined in Iceland between 2005 and 2013 but still with adequate supply. A smaller retention among females than males gives the opportunity to focus on increasing the share of women among regular blood donors. Strategic work toward effective recruitment and retention of newly registered donors is needed to ensure a sufficiently large group of blood donors in Iceland in the near future. |
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1Centre of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. 2National University Hospital, Reykjavík, Iceland. 3School of Social Sciences, Faculty of Business Administration, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland. |
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Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. |
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Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. |
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Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. |
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Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. |
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Blood donors in Iceland: a nationwide population-based study from 2005 to 2013. |
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