Blood donor deferral for men who have sex with men: the Blood Donation Rules Opinion Study (Blood DROPS)
| Autor: | Bob Siedle-Khan, Pam D'Andrea, Bryan R. Spencer, Walter Bialkowski, Simone A. Glynn, Alan E. Williams, Marian T. Sullivan, Brian Custer, Nicolas Sheon, Lance M. Pollack |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Response rate (survey)
medicine.medical_specialty Donor selection business.industry media_common.quotation_subject Immunology Hematology Confidence interval Surgery Men who have sex with men Residual risk Donation medicine Immunology and Allergy Homosexuality business Deferral Demography media_common |
| Zdroj: | Transfusion. 55:2826-2834 |
| ISSN: | 0041-1132 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND In the United States, any man who discloses having had sex with another man (MSM) even once since 1977 is currently deferred from donating blood. A study was conducted to assess noncompliance with the policy at four geographically dispersed blood centers. STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS Male donors 18+ years of age with e-mail addresses were randomly selected and invited to complete a confidential online survey between August and October 2013. No additional recruitment e-mails were sent. Survey content included demographics, sexual history, donation history, compliance with the policy, and opinions about current and modified policies. RESULTS Response rate was 11.5% but varied by center (6.3% to 21.7%). Of 3183 completed surveys, 2.6% of respondents (95% confidence interval, 2.1%-3.2%) reported donation after male–male sex. Noncompliance was not statistically different among the centers (p = 0.1), but was related to age with 5.7, 4.6, 2.5, and 1.0% of donors 18 to 24, 25 to 34, 35 to 54, and 50+ years of age, respectively, reporting noncompliance (p |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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