Rh D Negative Blood Donors: Strategies To Improve Blood Donation

Abas, Anis Salwa (2018) Rh D Negative Blood Donors: Strategies To Improve Blood Donation. Masters thesis, Universiti Sains Malaysia.

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Abstract

Background: Only 2.2% of Malaysians are blood donors and less than 2.5% of them are Rh D negative blood donors. An effective blood donor retention strategy to sustain the responsive and reliable Rh D negative blood donor pool is paramount. However at National Blood Centre, Kuala Lumpur (NBCKL) only 7% of early career blood donors responded to the standard blood donation invitation. This study compared a new blood donation invitation strategy against the standard method. This study also aims to identify any association between the blood donors socio-demographic and donation characteristics with responses towards the blood donation invitation. Methods: An interventional with historical control study was conducted. The interventional group was selected from the blood donors who had donated within 1st January 2016 to 31st December 2016. The interventional group received a personalised blood donation invitation letter with an educational brochure followed by a phone call. The historical control group was the blood donors who previously invited through a general short message service (SMS) and a phone call within 1st July 2013 to 31st December 2014. The blood donors' response was measured within 6 weeks period after the invitations. The blood donors' socio-demographic and donation characteristics were analysed. Results: The new blood donation invitation strategy had resulted in a significantly more attendance among the early career Rh D negative blood donors as compared to the standard blood donation invitation. About 24.7% of participants in the interventional group had responded compared to 5.6% of participants in the historical control group.The odd for the interventional group to respond was 5.6 (p<0.001).The Rh D negative blood donors who had a shorter interval of previous blood donation of 3 to 12 months had 5.9 time the odd to respond (p=0.009). No significant association of blood donors age, gender and race but the blood donors who were non-professional were 78% less likely to respond (p=0.045). Conclusions: A personalised blood donation invitation with an educational brochure on Rh D negative phenotype had resulted in more attendance among early career Rh D negative blood donors. The blood donors' previous blood donation interval and occupation were associated with responses towards blood donation invitation.

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	R Medicine
Divisions:	Institut Perubatan & Pergigian Termaju (Advanced Medical & Dental Institute (AMDI)) > Thesis
Depositing User:	NOR HASHIMY BIN ABDULLAH
Date Deposited:	15 Jul 2026 02:15
Last Modified:	15 Jul 2026 02:15
URI:	http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/64635

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