Blood donors and factors impacting the blood donation decision: Motives for donating blood in Turkish sample

Karacan E., CENGİZ SEVAL G., Aktan Z., Ayli M., Palabiyikoglu R.

TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE, vol.49, no.3, pp.468-473, 2013 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 49 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2013
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.transci.2013.04.044
  • Journal Name: TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.468-473
  • Keywords: Blood donation, Motivation to blood donation, Altruism, Empathy, Social responsibility, ALTRUISM, EMPATHY, PERSONALITY, MOTIVATION, BEHAVIORS, BELIEFS
  • Ankara University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: Donations in Turkey are insufficient to cover the high transfusion needs arising from large numbers of thalassemia and sickle cell anemia patients and increasing demands for blood due to advanced surgery and cancer treatment. The most acceptable means to get blood is voluntary blood donation and the blood donor system in Turkey mostly depends on a combination of voluntary and involuntary donors. The main aim of this study is to explore the motivations of Turkish voluntary blood donors toward blood donation and to determine predictors of blood donation motivation.