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【Objective】 To explore the relationship between climate factors and the number of street voluntary blood donors in Beijing and develop a reliable predictive model, so as to provide reference for donor recruitment. 【Methods】 The data of weather and the number of street blood donors from January 2018 to October 2019 were collected to formulate generalized additive model(GAM) and autoregressive integrated moving average model(ARIMA), and the predicative accuracy of the two models was assessed using data from November to December 2019. 【Results】 GAM indicated that the number of donors decreased when the wind force was 4 to 5 (95%CI: 0.805, 0.995), and the number on weekends and official holidays was 1.562 (95% CI: 1.510, 1.617) and 1.779 (95%CI: 1.035, 3.055) times that of the working day respectively. The number of blood donors increased with the elevation of temperature until 25℃, then declined with temperature increasing slowly. The two-day predictive accuracy of GAM and ARIMA was 92.14% and 90.55%, with overall accuracy at (84.46±11.12)% and (87.65±9.3)%, respectively. 【Conclusion】 Considering official holiday, strong wind and temperature, etc, the ARIMA model runs stable overall, while GAM is good at short-term prediction. The comprehensive use of two predictive models is helpful in guiding the recruitment of blood donors.
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【Objective】 To investigate the tension of donors during blood donation, so as to explore the utmost period for proper psychological intervention. 【Methods】 The donation procedure, from the completion of blood donation consultation form to the end of blood donation was divided into 17 steps, and donors were asked to recall the degree of tension at each step after the donation. 【Results】 71.65%(207/293) of the donors reported tension during donation, dominated by female donors(P<0.05)and first-time donors(P<0.05). The beginning of phlebotomyis the most intense moment.First-time donors (P<0.05), accidental donors (P<0.05) and female donors (P<0.05) were more nervous than others. Statistical differences in needle fear before and after the donation was observed(P<0.05). Multivariate analysis indicated that donation history and fear of puncture would affect the nervous level during donation. 【Conclusion】 More attention should be paid to female donors and first-time young donors to improve their self-efficacy and reduce the tension by explaining the donation procedure in detail, promoting donation appointment, and shielding the needles and blood bags.
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【Objective】 To investigate the factors influencing individual′s intention to donate blood, so as to provide targeted recruiting strategies for blood collection agencies. 【Methods】 Since behaviors can be changed by threat appraisal and coping appraisal in terms of protection motivation theory(PMT), a questionnaire including risk of health, fear, safety risk, policy risk, reaction acceptance, knowledge concerning donation, donation reward, self-efficiency, and donation intention was composed. Blood donors, their companions and pass-by respondents at one street donation site in the urban area of Beijing were selected through convenience sampling from April to August 2019. 【Results】 732 out of 800 questionnaires were valid, and the score of blood donation intention was 4.238±0.744. Univariate analysis demonstrated that the blood donation intention of men was significantly higher than that of women (P<0.05). Multivariate regression suggested that the most effective factor was self-efficacy (P<0.05) and knowledge concerning donation (P<0.05). The intention to donate blood was discouraged by safety risk (P<0.05) and fear (P<0.05). Compared with those without blood donation experiences, the fear of first-time blood donors could reduce the intention to donate blood in the future (P<0.05). 【Conclusion】 Measures to improve individual′s self-efficacy, popularize knowledge concerning blood donation, and reduce, the fear of blood donation are beneficial to improve the intention of blood donation and promote the development of voluntary blood donation.