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Article: Risk-behavior reporting by blood donors with an automated telephone system
Title | Risk-behavior reporting by blood donors with an automated telephone system |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2006 |
Publisher | Blackwell Publishing, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/TRF |
Citation | Transfusion, 2006, v. 46 n. 2, p. 289-297 How to Cite? |
Abstract | BACKGROUND: Donor risk-behavior assessment is important for blood safety. Few evaluations of automated telephone systems for eliciting risk exposure among voluntary blood donors have been reported. STUDY DESIGN and METHODS: A modified risk-behavior questionnaire was presented after donation via an automated telephone polling system to 805 of 15,092 Hong Kong Chinese voluntary blood donors. Risk-behavior rates were compared to those of all other donors (14,287) simultaneously completing the questionnaire in a pencil-and-paper format. RESULTS: The telephone group included proportionally more women (46.3% vs. 44.9%), previous donors (93.3% vs. 83.6%), and sexually inactive donors (66.5% vs. 71.2%) with lower educational achievement (60.7% vs. 54.5%). The telephone group demonstrated fewer missing data (mean 1.3%, range 0.4%-3.1% vs. mean 9.8%, range 8.0%-14.2%) and more complete demographic detailing, probably accounting for the demographic differences. The telephone group reported higher prevalence rates of needle or syringe sharing (1.5% vs. 0.3%), homosexual and/or bisexual intercourse (4.1% vs. 1.3%), knowing or suspecting that partner had intercourse with another during past year (12.4% vs. 8.5%), and future intention to use blood donation as a means to test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; 19.1% vs. 13.7%). There was no difference in knowledge of the HIV window period or proportions visiting or using condoms with commercial sex workers between telephone and pencil-and-paper groups. CONCLUSION: This survey with automated telephone screening of potential blood donors revealed increased reporting of risk exposure relative to commonly used paper-and-pencil methods. This raises questions of possible underreporting of risk among blood donors screened by paper questionnaire and perhaps face-to-face interview. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/86529 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 2.5 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 1.033 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Fielding, R | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Lam, TH | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Hedley, A | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-09-06T09:18:10Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2010-09-06T09:18:10Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Transfusion, 2006, v. 46 n. 2, p. 289-297 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0041-1132 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/86529 | - |
dc.description.abstract | BACKGROUND: Donor risk-behavior assessment is important for blood safety. Few evaluations of automated telephone systems for eliciting risk exposure among voluntary blood donors have been reported. STUDY DESIGN and METHODS: A modified risk-behavior questionnaire was presented after donation via an automated telephone polling system to 805 of 15,092 Hong Kong Chinese voluntary blood donors. Risk-behavior rates were compared to those of all other donors (14,287) simultaneously completing the questionnaire in a pencil-and-paper format. RESULTS: The telephone group included proportionally more women (46.3% vs. 44.9%), previous donors (93.3% vs. 83.6%), and sexually inactive donors (66.5% vs. 71.2%) with lower educational achievement (60.7% vs. 54.5%). The telephone group demonstrated fewer missing data (mean 1.3%, range 0.4%-3.1% vs. mean 9.8%, range 8.0%-14.2%) and more complete demographic detailing, probably accounting for the demographic differences. The telephone group reported higher prevalence rates of needle or syringe sharing (1.5% vs. 0.3%), homosexual and/or bisexual intercourse (4.1% vs. 1.3%), knowing or suspecting that partner had intercourse with another during past year (12.4% vs. 8.5%), and future intention to use blood donation as a means to test for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV; 19.1% vs. 13.7%). There was no difference in knowledge of the HIV window period or proportions visiting or using condoms with commercial sex workers between telephone and pencil-and-paper groups. CONCLUSION: This survey with automated telephone screening of potential blood donors revealed increased reporting of risk exposure relative to commonly used paper-and-pencil methods. This raises questions of possible underreporting of risk among blood donors screened by paper questionnaire and perhaps face-to-face interview. | en_HK |
dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Blackwell Publishing, Inc. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/TRF | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Transfusion | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Adolescent | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Adult | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Aged | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Blood Banks | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Blood Donors | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Female | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | HIV Infections - blood - diagnosis - epidemiology | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Humans | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Interviews as Topic - methods | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Male | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Mass Screening - methods | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Middle Aged | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Questionnaires | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk Factors | en_HK |
dc.subject.mesh | Risk-Taking | en_HK |
dc.title | Risk-behavior reporting by blood donors with an automated telephone system | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0041-1132&volume=46&spage=289&epage=297&date=2006&atitle=Risk-behavior+reporting+by+blood+donors+with+an+automated+telephone+system | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Fielding, R:fielding@hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Lam, TH:hrmrlth@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.email | Hedley, A:hrmrajh@hkucc.hku.hk | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Fielding, R=rp00339 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Lam, TH=rp00326 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.authority | Hedley, A=rp00357 | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/j.1537-2995.2006.00714.x | en_HK |
dc.identifier.pmid | 16441609 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-33644867952 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 114185 | en_HK |
dc.relation.references | http://www.scopus.com/mlt/select.url?eid=2-s2.0-33644867952&selection=ref&src=s&origin=recordpage | en_HK |
dc.identifier.volume | 46 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 289 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 297 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000234856000022 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Fielding, R=7102200484 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Lam, TH=7202522876 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopusauthorid | Hedley, A=7102584095 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citeulike | 480213 | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0041-1132 | - |