Predonation water ingestion attenuates negative reactions to blood donation

Hanson, Sarah; France, Christopher

doi:10.1111/j.1537-2995.2004.03426.x

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“…Because vasovagal reactions have been shown to have a negative impact on intention to redonate by adversely affecting attitudes toward donation, interventions that minimize the occurrence of such reactions may positively affect donor return rates. We have demonstrated that simple interventions such as predonation water loading or basic muscle tension techniques have the potential to decrease reaction rates [20][21][22] and hence may lead to more positive attitudes postdonation. Similarly, attending to factors that impact satisfaction with the donation experience (e.g., length of time required to donate, level of privacy) may result in improved attitudes among donors and greater return rates overall.…”

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“…The sample was predominantly white (95%) and nonHispanic (99%), with a mean age of 18.9 years (range, 17-28 years). The mean number of donations was 2.9 (range, [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], with the largest proportion of participants reporting one previous donation (34%). Survey responses were collected between September 2005 and March 2006.…”

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A path analysis of intention to redonate among experienced blood donors: an extension of the theory of planned behavior

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A path analysis of intention to redonate among experienced blood donors: an extension of the theory of planned behavior

2007

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“…The BDRI allows to obtain more detailed data from a small group of donations for analysis and to do research with hundreds of donations versus the thousands or tens of thousands of donations that need to be observed for reactions. Such studies can suggest the need for larger observation-based studies, and large observation studies can be more conclusive and relevant [50,51]. …”

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Management of Young Blood Donors

Newman¹

2014

Transfus Med Hemother

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The emphasis on high-school blood drives and acceptance of 16-year-old blood donors led to more research on physiologic and psychological ways to decrease vasovagal reaction rates in young blood donors and to increase donor retention. Research on how to accomplish this has been advantageous for the blood collection industry and blood donors. This review discussed the current situation and what can be done psychologically, physiologically, and via process improvements to decrease vasovagal reaction rates and increase donor retention. The donation process can be significantly improved. Future interventions may include more dietary salt, a shorter muscle tension program to make it more feasible, recommendations for post-donation muscle tension / squatting / laying down for lightheadedness, more donor education by the staff at the collection site, more staff attention to donors with fear or higher risk for a vasovagal reaction (e.g. estimated blood volume near 3.5 l, first-time donor), and a more focused donation process to ensure a pleasant and safer procedure.

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“…Therefore as shown in the analysis, adverse reactions of blood donation are a chain of reactions, which starts gradually with a banal vaso-vagal stimulus and then evolves inexorably into syncope, if not adequately treated. [7][8][9][10][11][12] An analysis between age of the donor and adverse reaction was made, 54% of the adverse reactions were seen in the donors of age group 18-28years. 8% of the reactions were seen in 28-38 years age group, 25.7% of reactions were seen in the age group of 38-48 years.28 % of donor reactions were seen in the age group of 48-58 years.…”

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Adve Rse Reactions of Blood Donation: A Prospective Observational Study

Kumar¹,

Soni²,

Sravan³

et al. 2014

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BACKGROUND:Voluntary donors normally tolerate blood donation very well as the history and preliminary examination is clear without any hidden history or facts related to the health status of the donor, occasionally, adverse reactions of variable severity may occur during or at the end of the collection. AIM: Aim of this study is to estimate and possibly avoid the cause of unwanted reactions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study is conducted over a period of three years, from January 2011 to December 2013. The donor population consisted of 43492 donors (37724 male and 5768 female). The minimum age is 18 years and the maximum age for donation considered in this study was 58 years. RESULTS: Overall a total of 408 adverse reaction events were reported in relation to the total of 43492 donations for an overall adverse reaction rate of 0.93 % and an incidence of 1 every 107 donations. Of the 408 adverse reactions to blood donations 328 were observed in males while 80 were observed in females. Based on the type of blood donor reaction 231 males and 65 females reported giddiness. 52 males and 16 females reported nausea, 19 males and 7 females had an episode of vomiting, 24 males and 8 females reported cramps, one male reported of chills and one male reported anxiety. CONCLUSIONS: Although the number of donors who developed disturbances during or at the end of blood donation was very low and was mostly mild type which resolved rapidly, it is nevertheless desirable to reduce risks to a minimum by following a set of advices provided for preventing problems associated with blood donation.

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Predonation water ingestion attenuates negative reactions to blood donation

Cited by 77 publications

References 28 publications

A path analysis of intention to redonate among experienced blood donors: an extension of the theory of planned behavior

A path analysis of intention to redonate among experienced blood donors: an extension of the theory of planned behavior

Management of Young Blood Donors

Adve Rse Reactions of Blood Donation: A Prospective Observational Study

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