Assessing anxiety levels and empathic tendency in blood and platelet donors
| Autor: | Gülgün Sevimligül, Erdoğan Doğan, Suar Çakı Kılıç, Önder Kavakcı, Mehmet Şencan, Birsen Yücel, Fatih Bolat |
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| Přispěvatelé: | [Kilic, Suar Caki] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Pediat Hematol, Sivas, Turkey -- [Dogan, Erdogan -- Sevimligul, Gulgun] Cumhuriyet Univ, Ctr Blood, Sivas, Turkey -- [Yucel, Birsen] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Radiat Oncol, Sivas, Turkey -- [Bolat, Fatih] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Neonatol, Sivas, Turkey -- [Kavakci, Onder] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Psychiat, Sivas, Turkey -- [Sencan, Mehmet] Cumhuriyet Univ, Dept Hematol, Sivas, Turkey |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Blood transfusion Turkey medicine.medical_treatment Population Blood Donors Platelet Transfusion Anxiety Young Adult Surveys and Questionnaires Internal medicine medicine Humans Blood Transfusion Platelet Prospective Studies Young adult Prospective cohort study education Motivation education.field_of_study business.industry Hematology Middle Aged Altruism Surgery Donation Female Empathy medicine.symptom business Attitude to Health Developed country |
| Zdroj: | Transfusion and Apheresis Science. 48:297-300 |
| ISSN: | 1473-0502 |
| Popis: | WOS: 000321403400003 PubMed ID: 23651864 In spite of a constantly-increasing requirement for blood transfusion in the world, blood donation does not exhibit an increase at the same rate. In Turkey with a population of 74 million, only 15 per 10,000 people donate blood regularly and rate of voluntary blood donation is very low compared to developed countries. The aim of this study is to determine empathic level of donors and anxiety levels of blood and platelet donors and also to enable comfort and motivation of donors by taking precautions for reducing their anxieties. This prospective and descriptive study was conducted with 100 voluntary donors (50 blood donors, 50 platelet donors) who admitted to Blood Centre of Cumhuriyet University Hospital between 15 March 2012 and 30 April 2012. Average age of these donors was 27 (19-48) years. The mean scores of donors from Empathic Tendency Scale (ETS), State Anxiety Invertory (SAI) and Trait Anxiety Inventory (TAI) were 70 (49-83), 40 (33-45) and 34 (30-44), respectively. ETS score of those donating blood/platelet for the first time was low, >1 is higher in those who donated previously. SAI and TAI scores of blood donors were higher than those of platelet donors (p < 0.001) and TAI score was higher in those who donate for the first time (p < 0.007) compared to previously donated precipitants. In conclusion, this study underscores that the request of the donor to help others is the most important factor for donation. People frequently donate blood to unfamiliar people and recurring blood donations increase the level of empathy. Donation made during the continuous disclosure is an important factor for being a donor. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
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