Effect of a Web Page Based on a Motivational Video for Voluntary Blood Donation

September 10, 2019 updated by: Yelina Leonor Vásquez Guevara, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Effect of a Web Page Intervention Based on a Motivational Video for Voluntary Blood Donation

Voluntary blood donation is currently a key issue in many countries, as the shortage of voluntary donors results in a deficit in the supplies of the Blood Banks of the hospitals. One factor for which there is a low number of voluntary donors is the limited dissemination of information that is given to the population regarding the facilities and benefits of blood donation.

Objective: To evaluate the effect of a web page containing a motivational video and an informative text to promote the voluntary donation of blood disseminated through the use of social networks such as Facebook and WhatsApp.

Design and Participants: Online randomized controlled trial for a group of 102 university students.

Intervention: One group exposed to the intervention with video and the other control group exposed to informative text.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Detailed Description

PROBLEM STATEMENT The shortage of voluntary blood donors is a constant worldwide problem, since many lives depend on a transfusion every day to carry out medical or surgical treatment, however, the demand is so high that it exceeds the available number of units of blood. That is why the WHO recommends that at least 2% of the total population donate blood to supply the national demand for blood units. It is known that Peru needs around 520,000 units of blood per year to be able to supply the national demand of blood banks (19). In 2017, only 1.08% of the Peruvian population donated blood.

The shortage of blood supply in the blood banks of hospitals is a problem worldwide. The demand for blood has increased in recent decades. This is because blood and its derivatives are used to attend to procedures that support the patient's well-being. It is due to this high demand that all the countries of the world have found themselves in need of generating national laws and systems that help to boost research and voluntary blood donation.

When developing strategies for the promotion of the voluntrary blood donation, it is necessary to know the perceptions that donors have regarding the donation. A study conducted in a hospital in Lima showed the positive and negative aspects regarding blood donation, which resulted in one of the negative aspects is the limited publicity that is given regarding the blood donation. The donors interviewed suggested that advertising could be done through the internet, spreading the information through emails or through the use of Facebook.

HYPOTHESIS It is proposed that there is a significant difference in the increase in the intention to donate blood voluntarily after exposing the participants to a motivational video about blood donation compared to participants exposed to an informative text about blood donation. Both groups will receive the information (video or text) through a web page.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

102

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Lima
      • San Martin De Porres, Lima, Peru, 15102
        • Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 30 years (Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Be between 18 and 30 years old.
  • Be a student of the Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.
  • Never donated blood

Exclusion Criteria:

-Denial to participate in the study.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Other
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention
The arm exposed to the intervention video
Participants will see a video about blood donation.
Active Comparator: Control
The control group exposed an informative text.
Participants will see a brief text about blood donation.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Number of participants who were voluntary blood donors after the intervention.
Time Frame: 1 month
It is desired to know the percentage of participants who will become voluntary blood donors after being exposed to web intervention.
1 month

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The percentage of the participants intends to donate blood voluntarily after the web intervention.
Time Frame: 1 month
The percentage of the intention to donate blood in the student population of a private university will be evaluated after being exposed to web intervention.
1 month

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Yelina L Vasquez, Graduate, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

June 1, 2019

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2019

Study Completion (Actual)

June 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 11, 2019

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 10, 2019

First Posted (Actual)

September 13, 2019

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

September 13, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

September 10, 2019

Last Verified

September 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 103851

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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