Analysis of blood donors’ characteristics during third-peak COVID-19 in Bojonegoro Regency, Indonesia

Abstract

The third peak of Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Indonesia was recorded on February-March 2022 had an impact on voluntary blood donors at the Indonesian Red Cross (IRCS) Bojonegoro. The objective of this research was to analyze the blood donors’ characteristics during third-peak COVID-19 in Bojonegoro Regency. This research was descriptive analysis study using secondary blood donor data from February 22, 2022 to March 19, 2022 at IRCS Bojonegoro. The data was collected in donor selection process accordance the Indonesian and WHO blood donor selection guidelines. The average number per daily blood donors was tested using the Mann-Whitney-U test using IBM SPSS type 23 software with significancy p<0.05. The results showed there were 219 people (80.51%) on 22-28 February and 332 people (83.63%) on 1-19 March 2022 who approved to donate at IRCS Bojonegoro. There was a significant decrease in the average of daily male blood donors (p=0.01), average age group: 17-24 years (p=0.013), 35-44 years (p=0.002), and 45-54 years (p=0.030), hemoglobin (Hbl) levels on 16.1-17 g/dL (p=0.000), systolic blood pressure (SBP) <120 (p=0.03) and 130-139 (p= 0.02) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) <80 (p=0.001), pulse rate (PR) 65-74 beats/minute (p=0.016), and blood type O+ (p=0.008). The characteristics of blood donors at the third peak of COVID-19 in Bojonegoro Regency decreased significantly in the number of male blood donors, age group, SBP, DBP, PR, and O+ blood type.