TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Houareau, Claudia
A1  - Deitenbeck, Robert
A1  - Sümnig, Ariane
A1  - Moeller, Anette
A1  - Saadé, Christiane
A1  - Stötzer, Frank
A1  - Heiden, Margarethe
A1  - Northoff, Hinnak
A1  - Offergeld, Ruth
T1  - Good Feasibility of the New German Blood Donor Questionnaire
JF  - Transfusion Medicine and Hemotherapy
N2  - Background: We assessed the effect of the uniform donor questionnaire (UDQ) on deferral rates in first-time and repeat donors. We focused on the introduced question about unprotected sexual contact with a new partner. Another goal was a stratified comparison of the deferral rates of the donor questionnaire (DQ) and UDQ. Methods: Data on donors and deferrals using the DQ and UDQ were collected at four blood establishments. The comparison included a 2-year period by questionnaire version. For the comparison of the questionnaires, an adjusted multinomial logistic regression was performed. Results: The analysis included 260,848 donations. First-time (FTD) and repeat donations (RD) showed higher deferral rates with the UDQ (FTD +5.4%, RD +1.4%). Deferral due to a new partner was 3.0% in first-time and 0.4% in repeat donors. The majority of these occurred in the youngest age groups. The most frequent deferral criterion was ‘disease' (5.1%). Conclusion: The regression revealed stronger predictors for deferral than the questionnaire version. Especially younger age carried a higher and independent risk for deferral. The additional deferrals of mainly young first-time donors due to a new sexual partner may identify those donors with potential heterosexual risk behavior who would otherwise not be identified.
KW  - -
KW  - Blood donors
KW  - Donor selection
KW  - Blood donor ­questionnaire
Y1  - 2017
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:9-opus-32558
SN  - 1660-3796
SS  - 1660-3796
SN  - 1660-3818
SS  - 1660-3818
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1159/000477942
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1159/000477942
PM  - 28924428
VL  - 44
IS  - 4
SP  - 232
EP  - 239
PB  - S. Karger AG
CY  - Basel, Switzerland
ER  -