Zur Kurzanzeige

2022-06-30Zeitschriftenartikel
Undisclosed Sexual Risk Exposures: Results of a Nationwide Compliance Study among Whole Blood Donors in Germany
dc.contributor.authorPreußel, Karina
dc.contributor.authorAlbrecht, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorOffergeld, Ruth
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-04T13:02:53Z
dc.date.available2024-09-04T13:02:53Z
dc.date.issued2022-06-30none
dc.identifier.other10.1159/000525007
dc.identifier.urihttp://edoc.rki.de/176904/12096
dc.description.abstractBackground: Undisclosed sexual infection risks are the main reasons for transfusion transmissible infections in German blood donors that have qualified for donation by donor health interviews and questionnaires. Until now, data about compliance with deferral criteria were only available from post-donation interviews with infected donors, and information about the proportion of donors which did not disclose (sexual) risks at the donor health questionnaire was not available. Methods: A prospective nationwide anonymous online survey was conducted to investigate compliance of whole blood donors with deferral criteria for sexual infection risks. Twenty-one blood establishments which represent 80% of the regular whole blood-donor population invited all donors which donated blood during an 8-week period between January and March 2020. Results: 14,882 participants completed the questionnaire. A relevant proportion of non-compliance was shown (3.0%, 95% CI: 2.7–3.3%) – with male donors being non-compliant significantly more frequently than females (3.5% vs. 2.2%, p < 0.001). A quarter of the non-compliant men were MSM (0.9%, 95% CI: 0.7–1.1%). Non-compliance was strongly associated with the perception that questions about sexual risk exposures are too private. This is in line with the finding that a large proportion of donors (21%) refused to answer at least one question about sexual infection risks. Conclusion: The presented data, collected for the first time, is suitable for assessing the impact of changes in the donor selection process. Donor’s limited willingness to provide detailed information about sexual risk behaviour has to be kept in mind when further strategies for fair appraisal of individual sexual infection risks will be discussed.eng
dc.language.isoengnone
dc.publisherRobert Koch-Institut
dc.rights(CC BY-NC 3.0 DE) Namensnennung - Nicht kommerziell 3.0 Deutschlandger
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/de/
dc.subjectblood donorseng
dc.subjectnon-complianceeng
dc.subjectsexual infection riskeng
dc.subjectMSMeng
dc.subject.ddc610 Medizin und Gesundheitnone
dc.titleUndisclosed Sexual Risk Exposures: Results of a Nationwide Compliance Study among Whole Blood Donors in Germanynone
dc.typearticle
dc.identifier.urnurn:nbn:de:0257-176904/12096-3
dc.type.versionpublishedVersionnone
local.edoc.container-titleTransfusion Medicine and Hemotherapynone
local.edoc.container-issn1660-3818none
local.edoc.pages11none
local.edoc.type-nameZeitschriftenartikel
local.edoc.container-typeperiodical
local.edoc.container-type-nameZeitschrift
local.edoc.container-urlhttps://karger.com/tmhnone
local.edoc.container-publisher-nameS. Karger AGnone
local.edoc.container-volume49none
local.edoc.container-issue6none
local.edoc.container-reportyear2022none
local.edoc.container-firstpage368none
local.edoc.container-lastpage378none
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewednone

Zur Kurzanzeige