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Conceição VM, Araújo JS, Oliveira RA, et al. Perceptions of donors and recipients regarding blood donation. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2016;38(3):220-4doi: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.05.006.
Conceição, V. M., Araújo, J. S., Oliveira, R. A., Santana, M. E., & Zago, M. M. (2016). Perceptions of donors and recipients regarding blood donation. Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia, 38(3), 220-4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.05.006
Conceição, Vander Monteiro da, et al. "Perceptions of donors and recipients regarding blood donation." Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia vol. 38,3 (2016): 220-4. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.05.006
Conceição VM, Araújo JS, Oliveira RA, Santana ME, Zago MM. Perceptions of donors and recipients regarding blood donation. Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2016 Jul-Sep;38(3):220-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 Jun 11. PMID: 27521860; PMCID: PMC4997900.
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Rev Bras Hematol Hemoter. 2016 Jul-Sep;38(3):220-4. doi: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.05.006. Epub 2016 Jun 11.

Perceptions of donors and recipients regarding blood donation.

Revista brasileira de hematologia e hemoterapia

Vander Monteiro da Conceição, Jeferson Santos Araújo, Rafaela Azevedo Abrantes de Oliveira, Mary Elizabeth de Santana, Márcia Maria Fontão Zago

Affiliations

  1. Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: [email protected].
  2. Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil.
  3. Universidade do Estado do Pará (UEPA), Belém, PA, Brazil.

PMID: 27521860 PMCID: PMC4997900 DOI: 10.1016/j.bjhh.2016.05.006

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to identify the perceptions of blood donors and recipients regarding the act of donating blood.

METHOD: This descriptive study with a survey design focuses on subjective and cultural aspects. Twenty donors and 20 recipients in the blood bank at the time of data collection participated in the study. Interviews were analyzed according to deductive thematic analysis.

RESULTS: Two themes emerged - perceptions of donors and perceptions of recipients. Both groups saw the act of donating blood as something positive, though donors associated their reports with the experiences of people close to them who needed blood transfusions, while the recipients associated donations with the maintenance of their lives as, for them, a blood transfusion was a necessary medical treatment.

CONCLUSIONS: Perceptions regarding blood donations are culturally constructed, as the participants associated knowledge acquired in the social world with moral issues and their life experiences. Hence, in addition to helping others, these individuals feel socially and morally rewarded.

Copyright © 2016 Associação Brasileira de Hematologia, Hemoterapia e Terapia Celular. Published by Elsevier Editora Ltda. All rights reserved.

Keywords: Blood donor; Blood transfusion; Delivery of Health Care; Hematology; Transfusion service

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