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J A Piliavin

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On willingness to be a bone marrow donor.

The authors studied factors that may influence the willingness of apheresis donors to consider bone marrow donation to an unrelated recipient. Donors were sent questionnaires describing bone marrow transplantation and the role of the donor. The information about degree of risk to the donor was varied from low to high risk. Two other factors that might influence donor motivation also were presented: probability of actually being asked to participate (high or low), and "salience of responsibility," which defines the stress to donate based on the number of persons being asked (large or small group). The degree of risk presented strongly affected willingness to volunteer, but the two motivation factors had no effect. The factor of risk negatively affected women more than men, and negatively affected those with family responsibilities more than single donors. Other findings were: men were more willing then women to donate marrow; those with few donations were among the most willing; and those who knew others who had either needed or provided blood products were also among the most willing.

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Temporary deferral and donor return.

Deferral from donation is usually for conditions that make the donor only temporarily unable to give. Based on questionnaires given to 1247 donors with subsequent follow-up of their donation records for 6 months, permanent psychological effects of deferral are suggested. Only one of 36 deferred first-time donors (2.8%) compared with 27.3 percent of those who were not deferred returned for a second donation during the next 6 months. Among most first-time donors, temporary deferral may be interpreted psychologically as providing a permanent excuse for not donating.

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