Prevalence of blood donation and associated factors in Florianopolis, Southern Brazil: a population-based study

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Gislon da Silva, Rafael Mariano
Kupek, Emil
Peres, Karen Glazer
Griffith University Author(s)
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2013
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The main objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of blood donation and to identify associated factors. A populated-based cross-sectional study was carried out (n = 1,720) including subjects 20 to 59 years of age in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Blood donation any time in life and in the previous year was reported by 30.6% and 6.2% of respondents, respectively. Among the latter, 31.8% reported repeat donation (at least twice in the previous year), 80.4% reported voluntary donation, and 15.9% replacement donation. Multivariate Poisson regression (p < 0.05) showed that male gender, black or brown ...
View more >The main objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of blood donation and to identify associated factors. A populated-based cross-sectional study was carried out (n = 1,720) including subjects 20 to 59 years of age in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Blood donation any time in life and in the previous year was reported by 30.6% and 6.2% of respondents, respectively. Among the latter, 31.8% reported repeat donation (at least twice in the previous year), 80.4% reported voluntary donation, and 15.9% replacement donation. Multivariate Poisson regression (p < 0.05) showed that male gender, black or brown self-reported skin color, higher age group, higher educational level, and living with other blood donors were all associated with ever donating blood, whereas younger age, single marital status, and higher educational level were associated with donating in the previous year. We found higher prevalence of blood donation in the previous year and higher percentage of young donors in this group, as well as lower percentage of replacement donors than previously reported in Brazil.
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View more >The main objectives of this study were to estimate the prevalence of blood donation and to identify associated factors. A populated-based cross-sectional study was carried out (n = 1,720) including subjects 20 to 59 years of age in Florianópolis, Santa Catarina State, Brazil. Blood donation any time in life and in the previous year was reported by 30.6% and 6.2% of respondents, respectively. Among the latter, 31.8% reported repeat donation (at least twice in the previous year), 80.4% reported voluntary donation, and 15.9% replacement donation. Multivariate Poisson regression (p < 0.05) showed that male gender, black or brown self-reported skin color, higher age group, higher educational level, and living with other blood donors were all associated with ever donating blood, whereas younger age, single marital status, and higher educational level were associated with donating in the previous year. We found higher prevalence of blood donation in the previous year and higher percentage of young donors in this group, as well as lower percentage of replacement donors than previously reported in Brazil.
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Journal Title
Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Volume
29
Issue
10
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© The Author(s) 2013. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
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Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Blood Donors
Adult