Temporary deferral and donor return
- 4 March 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Transfusion
- Vol. 27 (2) , 199-200
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1537-2995.1987.27287150200.x
Abstract
Deferran from donation is usually for conditions that make the donor only temporarily unable to give. Based on questionnaires given to 1247 donors with subsequent follow-up of their donation records for 6 months, permanent psychological effects of deferral are suggested. Only one of 36 deferred first-time donors (2.8%) compared with 27.3 percent of those who were not deferred returned for a second donation during the next 6 months. Among most first-time donors, temporary deferral may be interpreted psychologically as providing a permanent excuse for not donating.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: