Blood Donor Recruitment During Epidemic of COVID-19

Blood Donor Recruitment During Epidemic of COVID-19 in Guangzhou, China

In December 2019, an unknown pneumonia rapidly spread in Wuhan, China, a new coronavirus, 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV), aroused the attention of the entire world. On January 31, 2020, World Health Organization (WHO) announced the outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) in China as a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. The number of volunteer non-remunerated blood donors decreased because of quarantine, caring for relatives, and fear of exposure to COVID-19. Due to the blood shortage, patient blood management and cessation of elective surgery are contributing to decreased demand, but sepsis may increase requirements and significant reductions will not be possible in areas such as trauma, cancer patients, hereditary haemolytic anaemias and childbirth. Therefore, recruiting enough blood donors during the epidemic is vital for public health in China, and also worldwide. In order to assess the effects of a questionnaire on blood donor recruitment, the investigators designed two kinds of self-administered, standardized and structured questionnaires. In addition of the basic socio-demographic characteristics, one questionnaire includes the information of precautions of blood donation during epidemic, and the other dose not. The questionnaires were randomly sent to ever blood donors, and the same number of ever blood donors are coded as control.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Blood Donation
• Intervention / Treatment: Other: Questionnaire with precaution information; Other: Experimental: Questionnaire without precaution information

Detailed Description

In order to assess the effects of a questionnaire on blood donor recruitment, the investigators designed two kinds of self-administered, standardized and structured questionnaires. In addition of the basic socio-demographic characteristics, one questionnaire includes the information of precautions of blood donation during epidemic, and the other dose not.

Information of precautions of blood donation during epidemic included taking donor's temperature and enhancing hand disinfection before donation etc.

The questionnaires were randomly sent to ever blood donors, and at the same day, equal number of ever blood donors as the ones who filled the questionnaire are coded as control.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 19491
• Phase: Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• China
  • Guangdong
    • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510095
      • Guangzhou Blood Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 years to 60 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Blood donors whose last donation were between 1 Feb to 31 March, 2019.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Blood donors whose blood test results were positive. Blood donors who were aged above 60. Blood donors whose cell phone number was obviously invalid.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

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

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Questionnaire with precaution information; Questionnaire in this group includes information about precaution of blood donation during epidemic of COVID-19.	Other: Questionnaire with precaution information; Ever blood donors in this group would receive a questionnaire which includes some information about how donors can donate safely and how blood center will protect the blood donors during the epidemic of COVID-19.
Experimental: Questionnaire without precaution information; Questionnaire in this group dose not include information about precaution of blood donation during epidemic of COVID-19.	Other: Experimental: Questionnaire without precaution information; Ever blood donors in this group would receive a questionnaire which dose not include the information above.
No Intervention: No questionnaire group; Ever donors in this group would not receive the questionnaire.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Differences of attitude about blood donation towards different questionnaires	Compare participants' intention of blood donation after they read different information in the questionnaire.	1 day

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Rates of blood donation during 3 weeks	Blood donation rate of 3 groups will be followed	3 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Guangzhou Blood Center

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 13, 2020
• Primary Completion (Actual): March 13, 2020
• Study Completion (Actual): April 3, 2020

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2020
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 10, 2020
• First Posted (Actual): March 12, 2020

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): April 13, 2020
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: April 9, 2020
• Last Verified: April 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Other Study ID Numbers: Blood donor recruitment

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