Donor Motivation Research Articles

Convalescents' Reports on COVID-19 Experience-A Qualitative Study.

Background: The dynamic character of the COVID-19 pandemic and its social consequences caused several medical and societal issues and dilemmas. The aim of our qualitative research was to capture and analyze attitudes and beliefs of convalescents who experienced mild symptoms of COVID-19 in the first wave of the pandemic and decided to donate their plasma for therapeutic purposes. Material and Methods: The article presents results of qualitative research conducted on the basis of grounded theory (GT) methodology. Empirical material includes 10 in-depth interviews conducted with respondents who had mild or asymptomatic disease and, after recovery, voluntarily donated their plasma to the Regional Centre for Blood Donation and Blood Treatment (RCKiK). Data were collected in May and June 2020 in Poland. Qualitative analysis was focused on the experience of convalescents who entered the social role of a sick person in individual, social, and organizational dimensions. Results: The social role of the patient in the narratives of convalescents was related to three stages: (1) initiation to the role, (2) staying in the COVID-19 patient role, and (3) leaving the role. Research results enabled the distinction of three basic descriptive categories (“ontological uncertainty”, “the global and individual dimension”, and “being sick in the disease-infected environment”), which became epistemological framework for a detailed description of the roles played by an individual COVID-19 patient during the pandemic. Conclusions: The disease, despite its mild course, generated a number of non-medical issues, and the entire process of being ill was burdened with institutional and emotional struggles. The experience of mild COVID-19 is significantly modified by disease institutionalization. These results may contribute to a better understanding of the psychosocial dimension of COVID-19 and convalescents’ motivations for plasma donation.

What would it take to convince you to donate? A survey study of the relationship between motivators, barriers, and payment for whole blood, plasma, and platelet donation.

BackgroundWith growing discussion about blood donor remuneration, the present study examined the level of payment that may be required to convince individuals to engage in whole blood, plasma, and platelet donations.Study Design and MethodsAnonymous online surveys were completed by a college sample [n = 490; 76.9% female; Mean Age = 20.3 (SD = 4.9) years; 32.9% whole blood donors] and a ResearchMatch sample [n = 323; 70.6% female; Mean Age = 50.7 (SD = 16.6) years; 82.7% whole blood donors]. Level of payment needed to motivate whole blood, plasma, and platelet donation was examined as a function of donation history, sample, and gender. In addition, path analyses examined associations between donation motivators, barriers, and payment level.ResultsAcross all types of donation, history of whole blood donation was related to a greater willingness to donate without payment. At the same time, however, sizeable portions of prior donors indicated that monetary payment would convince them to donate whole blood (24%), plasma (51%), or platelets (57%). Across all types of donation, donation‐related barriers (i.e., anxiety, fear) were indirectly related to higher payment levels via lower self‐efficacy and more negative donation attitudes. Donation‐related motivators (i.e., warm glow, regret, and altruism) were indirectly related to lower payment levels via higher self‐efficacy and more positive donation attitudes.ConclusionDespite reporting a strong commitment to nonremunerated blood donation, many respondents with and without a history of blood donation indicated that money would convince them to engage in whole blood, plasma, and platelet donation.

Legislative Response to College Students’ Non-altruistic Charitable Donations

Donation behavior is premised on the willingness to donate, and the latter is based on the motivation of donation. Only by fully recognizing the donors’ donation motivation can their willingness to donate be better stimulated, thereby guiding and encouraging more donation behaviors. By conducting a questionnaire survey of charitable donations in colleges and universities, it is found that non-altruistic motivations including material interests and specific preferences are positively correlated with human well-being & happiness, while motivations such as honor pursuits & social identity have a negative correlation with human well-being & happiness. Therefore, we should actively build an incentive mechanism for college students’ charitable activities in response to their pursuits of material interests, and strive to improve the incentive mechanism to stimulate college students’ personalized donation willingness and suit their specific preferences. At the same time, we should try to set up a restriction mechanism for college students’ non-altruistic charitable donation motivations, and guard against the reversing guiding effect of motivation of honor pursuits & social identity on college students’ charitable donations behavior.

Blood donation motivation in the United States and Russia: What keeps donors coming back?

AbstractWhat keeps regular blood donors coming back, despite the inconvenience and discomfort, thereby maintaining the community's blood supply? We approached 494 people waiting to give blood, 229 Americans and 265 Russians, with a survey that assessed their motivations to donate, their contextual emotions, and their future donation intentions. The Russian sample was older, and many were regulars at the donation centre. The U.S. sample was younger, attending a 3‐day college blood drive. Multigroup path analysis results showed that, as hypothesised, in both samples, autonomous donation motivations predicted contextual emotions and future donation intentions. Furthermore, contextual emotions partially mediated the motivation‐to‐future intentions effect. Small differences in results for the two samples, as well as differences in the two national systems for maintaining blood supplies, are discussed.

Whole Blood Donor Deferral Causes and Evaluation in Tertiary Care Centre

Introduction: Blood donor deferral means that an individual is not eligible to donate blood or blood components based on the criteria used to protect the health and safety of both donors and transfusion recipient. A prospective donor may be deferred at any point during the collection and testing process. This step is important in ensuring safe transfusion practices to the recipients and the health of the donor, This is a study to categorise the deferrals according to the reasons and to delineate the causes for deferral among the whole blood donors. Methodology: This was a descriptive cross sectional study performed at Department of transfusion medicine at Kamineni academy of medical sciences and research centre at LB nagar, Hyderabad .This study was performed from January 2018 to December 2020. The various reasons for deferral of the whole blood donors from the donations were collected from the donor deferral registry. Results: The donor deferral rates for the years 2018, 2019, 2020 were 8.3%, 7.9% and 4.3% respectively, out of the total donations the highest deferral rate was among the female population the common reason being anemia, the other causes for deferral being alcohol consumption and tattooing and medical causes. Conclusion: We observe from this study that the maximum number of deferrals among the female population were and the cause is preexisting anemia, it is important to advice and counsel the donors before the blood donation to avoid adverse reactions among the donors as well as the recipients, awareness programs and donor motivation programs must be implemented.

Assessing motivations for non-living and living organ donation among individuals with and without a history of blood donation.

The current study investigated relationships between a history of blood donation, registration as a non-living and living organ donor, and differential motivations. Motivational commonalities exist between blood and organ donors, but there is no prior data on the relationships between blood donation history and both living and non-living organ donor registration and motivation. Participants completed online surveys assessing blood donation history, organ donor registration and interest, and motivations related to donation behaviour. Blood donation history was not significantly related to registration as either a non-living organ donor (blood donors=81.4%; non-blood donors=76.4%) or as a living organ donor (blood donors=14.0%; non-blood donors=10.9%). Further, blood donation history was not related to interest in learning more about being an organ donor. Compared to those not registered as an organ donor, those who were registered reported more positive organ donation motivations, but these relationships were unrelated to prior blood donation history. The present findings are consistent with existing research on attitudes, warm glow, and identity as organ donation motivators, and provide novel information regarding the importance of independent assessment of motivations for non-living and living organ donation.

Comparison of factors influencing the willingness to donate biospecimens among guardians of children with cancer and adult cancer patients.

BackgroundThis study examined and compared the attitudes and willingness of guardians of children with cancer and adult cancer patients toward donating biospecimens and clinical data for cancer research.MethodsWe conducted a cross‐sectional study among guardians of children with cancer (Guardian group) from Shanghai Children's Medical Center and adult cancer patients (Adult group) from Shanghai Ninth People's Hospital between February 1, 2019, and January 31, 2020. Participants’ demographic data, willingness, and motivations for biospecimen donation were collected and analyzed.ResultsOf 670 participants, 90.8% (318/350) in the Guardian group and 88.1% (282/320) in the Adult group completed the questionnaire. Most participants were willing to donate residual tissue samples (92.8% in the Guardian group vs. 79.4% in the Adult group, p ψ = 0.032) and clinical data (94.0% vs. 72.3%, p ψ < 0.001) for medical research. Logistic regression analysis indicated that only child status (odds ratio [OR] = 0.140, p = 0.02), history of blood donation (OR = 4.467, p = 0.019) in the Guardian group, education (OR = 0.387, p = 0.037), and history of blood donation (OR = 2.556, p = 0.016) in the Adult group were significantly associated with participants’ willingness to donate biospecimens. The primary motivation for donation was helping other patients with cancer (65.4% vs. 24.5%, p ψ < 0.001). The major barriers to donation were the potential to cause physical discomfort (61.0% vs. 64.9%, p ψ = 0.032).ConclusionsGuardians of children with cancer were more willing to donate biospecimens than adult cancer patients in China. It is essential to promote awareness of biospecimens donation, especially in adult cancer patients.

Plateletpheresis donation through donor awareness, motivation, and recruitment drives: A unique concept and experience from a tertiary care oncology centre in India.

The majority of blood donor motivational and awareness activities are directed toward whole blood donation and not much emphasis is given to the plateletpheresis. The study was designed to analyze the effectiveness of the unique concept of platelet drives (PD) to increase voluntary plateletpheresis donations. The study was a retrospective study conducted at a tertiary care oncology hospital-based blood transfusion services (BTS). A total of 13 PDs were conducted from January 2016 to December 2020. A total of 559 potential donors came for the donor registration and 125 donors got deferred on medical history. A total of 434 donors gave their samples for the testing of plateletpheresis. The median age of potential male and female donors was 32 and 30 years respectively. A total of 58 males and two females have donated single donor platelets (14.3% vs. 7.4%, P=0.319). The median age of male and female donors was 36 and 42 years, respectively. In male donors, 48 had donated once, seven donated twice, two donated thrice and one donor donated four times. Out of two female donors, one donor donated twice and the other donor donated four times. The female donors were more committed to repeat donations (P=0.004). Since the start of PDs, the number of voluntary donations has increased considerably over the years. PDs have helped in increasing the number of voluntary plateletpheresis donors. All the BTS must have the standard operating procedures in place for these kinds of awareness and motivational drives.

It is not a big deal: a qualitative study of clinical biobank donation experience and motives

BackgroundThe success of biobanking is directly linked to the willingness of people to donate their biological materials for research and storage. Ethical issues related to patient consent are an essential component of the current biobanking agenda. The majority of data available are focused on population-based biobanks in USA, Canada and Western Europe. The donation decision process and its ethical applications in clinical populations and populations in countries with other cultural contexts are very limited. This study aimed to evaluate the decision-making experience of the clinical biobank donors, as well as psychological and social motivators and deterrents of this decision and associated ethical risks.MethodsSemi-structured interviews were conducted in two medical institutions, in St Petersburg (Russia), in 2016–2017, among 13 donors of a clinical biobank (pregnant women, cardiac patients, and patients with multiple sclerosis) and three donation organisers—medical specialists involved in recruiting donors for a clinical biobank. Analysis of interview data was based on qualitative content analysis.ResultsDonors of a clinical biobank express beliefs in the absence of risks associated with the donation. The primary motivators for donating to the biobank were: prosocial, indirect reciprocity (response to or anticipation of an act in kind by a third party), intrinsic motivation (to enhance their self-esteem and satisfying their curiosity about the donation process), and comparability with personal values. A high level of trust in biomedical research and the particular physician can contribute to a favourable decision. The overall decision-making process regarding the biobank donation could be described as quick and not based on a careful reading of informed consent documents. The integration of biobank donation decision-making in the process of medical care might prompt patient to donate to biobank without proper consideration. The specific type of therapeutic misconception—the presence of unrealistic hope that donation could provide a direct benefit for a third person in need was discovered.ConclusionsPatients recruited to a clinical biobank in Russia have virtually no concerns as to the storage of their biomaterials. The donation decision is mainly motivated by prosocial attitudes and other factors that are similar to the motivating factors of blood donation. The fact of going through inpatient treatment and poor differentiation between donation for other people's benefit and for research purposes can make the process of obtaining consent more ethically problematic.

A Study on the Influencing Factors of Individuals' Intention to Donate in Charitable Crowdfunding

Charity crowdfunding has become one of the most important donation channels in the Internet age. Faced with complex personality traits, can charity crowdfunding platforms attract a wide range of people to make donations? By integrating personality theory with cognitivist learning theory (SOR), and with the help of 449 questionnaire data, this paper examines the psychological mechanisms of altruistic and egoistic personality traits participating in crowdfunding donations and reveals the mediating role of media cognition and donation cognition. The study found that individuals with both altruistic and egoistic personality characteristics have the intention to donate in the context of crowdfunding platforms, and the formation of the intention to donate depends on the individual's cognition of crowdfunding donations, including the cognition of crowdfunding (media trust perception) and perception of donation (donation motivation), specifically, in the relationship between personality characteristics and donation intention, the three media trusts (donation platform trust perception, project initiator trust perception, and project text content trust perception) and three kinds of donation motivations (sympathy, guilt, and satisfaction) play an important mediating role, and the mediating mechanisms of altruistic and egoistic personality are slightly different. The research results have certain implications for the development of philanthropy in the Internet context.

A study on the perception, knowledge, attitude, and practices of eye donation among fresh medical graduates in India

The objective of the study was to assess the perception, knowledge, attitude, and practices of eye donation among fresh medical graduates in India. Responses to a semi-structured questionnaire were collected from 410 respondents using an online Google Form which were analyzed using IBM SPSS software version 21. First information source about eye donation was textbooks (31%), while ophthalmologists accounted for 10.7%. Forty-two respondents had pledged their eyes, 116 were willing to pledge their eyes. Majority had "adequate" knowledge (74.1%). The knowledge levels were directly related to the practice of motivation for eye donation (P = 0.032). Around 62% had "poor" eye donation practices. Significant relationship between practice and knowledge levels (P = 0.004) was noted. Participants who graduated from institutions with eye banks were more likely to have good practice (P = 0.005). A curriculum focusing on practical exposure to eye donation and eye banking services would address the current deficits in eye donation. Reinforcing knowledge of eye banking among non-ophthalmologist doctors can enhance the eye donation trend. Timely counseling of patients and bystanders by well-informed sensitized doctors is hence of utmost importance.

Barriers and Motivators for In-house Blood Donation: A Cross-sectional Study from Tertiary Care Hospital, Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka

Introduction: Most Sri Lankan blood donations (93%) are from mobile blood donation campaigns. Restricted community gathering during the Coronavirus Disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has adversely affected the blood supply. Further, Kilinochchi has lower blood donation rates than other Sri Lanka areas. Aim: To describe the level of donor satisfaction, identify the barriers and factors to increase in-house blood donors of a District General Hospital, Kilinochchi. Materials and Methods: This questionnaire-based crosssectional study was conducted with 193 in-house voluntary blood donors in blood bank at District General Hospital (DGH) Kilinochchi, Sri Lanka, from April 2021 to July 2021. Donors with at least one year of residence in Northern province were included, and data was collected by pretested, self-administered questionnaire. The parameters assessed were socio-demographic data, donor satisfaction, blood donation information receiving methods, factors affecting blood donation, and factors to improve blood donation. Data entered and analysed using Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 22.0. Results: Out of total 193, 120 (62.17%) were regular donors. Majority donors were male donors (168,87.04%) and among 25-35 years group (85,44.05%). Most had completed grade 13 exam (66,34.19%), only 28 (14.5%) had a degree and 106 (54.92%) donors were within 10 km from the blood bank. The majority of 122 (63.21%) were aware from a friend, and 16.06% (n=31) were aware from Youtube. Gaining information from a friend was statistically associated with the distance to the blood bank (p-value=0.036). A majority 190 (98.44%) of the in-house blood donors were satisfied with the services provided by the blood bank staff, and 188, 97.40% had stated they are confident about the facilities provided by the blood bank for in-house blood donation. Conclusion: Majority of the in-house blood donors were satisfied with the services provided by the blood bank staff and blood bank facilities. Delivering information regarding blood donation via friends to the population who reside close to the blood bank and awareness programs by health care workers would be the best method to improve in-house blood donations in this area.

An Exploratory Study of the Differences in Attitudes and Motives Regarding COVID-19 Plasma Donation.

.Background:Understanding the attitude and motives and differences between voluntary and replacement blood donation is the key to the sustainable availability of this precious resource. This study aimed to assess the attitude and motives for convalescent plasma (CP) donation in the recovered COVID-19 plasma donors and further understand the differences between voluntary and replacement donation.Materials and Methods:This prospective cross-sectional survey-based study was conducted among500 COVID-19 recovered blood donors who visited for CP donation at a tertiary care super-speciality centre in northern India. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire based on donor attitude, motives, and belief, which was validated by the experts of Psychiatry, Transfusion Medicine, and Epidemiology and was administered by the online medium.Results:The study’s findings depicted that voluntary plasma donors were previously regular blood donors (36.8%) compared to replacement plasma donors (26.4%). Almost all voluntary donors (99.5%) showed altruistic reasons to donate plasma and expressed that donating plasma is a good way to save a life, and it was more than for replacement plasma donors (p=0.004). The motives of most voluntary plasma donors were to contribute to society, and they believed that donating plasma is a good way, while it was not the case for most replacement plasma donors (p=0.02). Voluntary donors were more eagerly willing to donate plasma to help COVID sufferers (40.9%) when compared to replacement donors (33.2%) (p=0.037).Conclusion:Most voluntary plasma donors were regular whole blood donors and were keen to contribute to society. Convalescent plasma donation during this time of grief and loss was considered a moral responsibility by voluntary donors. The impact of media was more highly perceived in voluntary plasma donors when compared to replacement donors.

Blood Donation and Monetary Incentives: A Meta-Analysis of Cost-Effectiveness.

The effectiveness of monetary incentives to increase altruistic behavior is in dispute. Paying blood donors might be ineffective, as it could decrease altruistic motivations of voluntary donors (motivational crowding-out) or decrease blood quality (increase transmittable infectious disease risks). In a meta-analysis, including observational studies, natural experiments and field experiments, the cost-effectiveness of monetary incentives (cash payments and quasi-cash material rewards) for blood donation is estimated. The search strategy identified 17 studies as eligible. After screening for relevance and quality, 8 studies were retained and GRADE-rated for quality of evidence, offering 12 estimates of the marginal donation rate. The combined, random-effects estimate of the marginal donation rate of monetary incentives is 0,4 extra blood units collected per 1000 inhabitants per year per dollar incentive, but with large variation due to large heterogeneity of the studies (explained by different contexts and differences in perceived costs for donors). A higher estimate of 1,0 extra blood units per 1000 inhabitants per year per dollar incentive, is obtained with a restricted meta-analysis that only includes the most reliable and more homogeneous studies. With donor payments, it costs an additional $22 to $121 to increase the blood supply with one unit of whole blood, but this strongly varies with context and local conditions. The positive marginal donation rate of donor payments is inconsistent with a crowding-out effect (a reduction in total blood supply caused by a decrease in altruistic motivations when donors are paid), at least in the short-run. The available studies are not suitable to estimate possible long-term crowding-out effects, negative spillover effects (eg, a decrease in other prosocial behavior or altruistic norms) or transmittable infectious disease risks. Whether monetary incentives are the most cost-effective and ethical strategy to increase blood and plasma supply, remains an open question.

Improving mobile donations: exploring an advanced technology acceptance model, media preferences, and demographics of mobile donors

Mobile donations, contributions made by sending a text message, have been possible for more than a decade and have led to successful fundraising campaigns such as one following an earthquake in Haiti in 2010. However, most mobile phone users have never used this technology and few campaigns have come close to the funds raised for Haiti earthquake relief. To examine people's motivations to make mobile donations, this study conducted a national survey with 994 USA-based respondents to explore an advanced version of the technology acceptance model. By comparing the findings between those who have previously made mobile donations and those who have not, perceived credibility was identified as a key factor to motivate non-donors. This research also explored how mobile donation motivations varied across multiple media preference and demographic variables, which contributes practical implications for non-profit organisations to improve future fundraising efforts.

Addressing concerns and suggestions of blood donors: An assured way for donor motivation, recruitment, and retention.

The World Health Organization and National Blood Transfusion Council, Government of India, advocate regular repeat nonremunerated voluntary blood donors as the safest of all donors to meet the blood requirements of the country. Recruitment and retention of individuals as voluntary blood donors requires the adoption of novel and varied strategies protecting the voluntary nonremunerated nature of blood donation. In this review article, we are focusing on how addressing the donor suggestions and concerns has created a win-win situation for blood donors and blood transfusion services.

COVID-19 pandemic and blood transfusion services: The impact, response and preparedness experience of a tertiary care blood center in southern Karnataka, India

IntroductionWith the outbreak of COVID-19 and its containment measures, blood centers faced a huge challenge in balancing blood demand and supply and devising a preparedness plan to withstand the uncertain situation. This study assesses the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on blood transfusion services and discusses the appropriate mitigation strategies adopted. MethodsWe analyzed our center's blood transfusion services during the first half-period of the pandemic (Y3) and non-pandemic years 2018(Y1) and 2019(Y2) in two-quarters Q1 (pre-lockdown), from January to March and Q2 (post-lockdown), from April to June. The blood donation variables, the packed red blood cells (PRBCs) demand and the utilization pattern were compared between pandemic (Y3) and non-pandemic years (Y1 and Y2) in each quarter. The mitigation strategy adopted at every step of the transfusion service is highlighted. ResultsDuring post-lockdown (Q2) of the pandemic year (Y3), the blood donation was majorly by repeat donors (83%) from the in-house site (82.5%). Furthermore, the proportion of outdoor donation, deferral, blood collection, demand and issue demonstrated a significant drop of 50%, 32.6%, 33%, 31.8% and 32.3%, respectively, in comparison to Q2 of the non-pandemic years (Y1 and Y2), with a statistically significant difference for surgical and hemorrhagic indications (p < 0.05). Coping strategies, such as blood donor education and motivation using e-platforms emphasizing eligibility during the pandemic, staggering of donor in-flow, postponement of elective surgeries and donor and staff’ COVID-19 safety assurance, were followed. ConclusionThe timely adoption of coping strategies played a crucial role in the better handling of shortcomings at our center's blood transfusion services caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Evaluating explanations for poverty selectivity in foreign aid

AbstractEnding global poverty has been at the forefront of the development agenda since the 1970s, but many donors have failed to target their funds toward this goal. Activists have tackled this issue by appealing to donors’ humanitarian motives, but we know little about what explains donors’ decisions on how much to give to the poorest countries. This paper develops the donor motivation and foreign policy approaches and identify donors’ development motives and their budget sizes as potential determinants of poverty selectivity. We evaluate their explanatory power by assessing whether their relationships with selectivity are in the hypothesized directions and generalize beyond a particular dataset. Employing cross‐validation and Bayesian Model Averaging, we find few measures of donor motivations provide a generalizable and hypothesized explanation for poverty selectivity. In contrast, donor budget sizes exhibit a relationship that is both hypothesized and externally valid. Our study offers the first systematic analysis of aid selectivity and generates implications for recent approaches to improve the quality of foreign aid and the conventional approach to study foreign aid allocation and donor motives.

Exploring the role of charitable ethnocentrism and donation motives in international giving: Empirical evidence from Germany

AbstractThe purpose of this study is to contribute to a better understanding of the drivers of international giving intention by examining the joint effect of ethnocentrism and donation motives. More specifically, this study analyzes the direct effect of charitable ethnocentrism on the intention to give to international causes. Additionally, the study investigates the moderating effect of charitable ethnocentrism on the relationships between donation motives and the intention to donate to international causes. This study's findings indicate that ethnocentric donors are less willing to donate to international causes. Moreover, the study results show that the effects of egoistic and tax‐saving donation motives vary across different levels of charitable ethnocentrism: charitable ethnocentrism enhances the effect of the egoism motive on international donation intention, whereas the effect of the tax‐saving motive on international giving intention is mitigated. Based on the empirical findings, this study discusses implications for theory and practice along with study limitations and avenues for future research.

Donor's Perspectives on Blood Donation During Covid-19 Pandemic.

Covid-19 pandemic had affected transfusion services including recruitment of donors and blood donation camps activities. The blood donors may have concerns, confusion, and misleading rumours about blood donation during pandemic. People's priorities for blood donation may shift because of a dearth of necessities. It is important to identify factors which prevent or motivate blood donors during pandemic. This study was designed to understand blood donors' knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions during the Covid-19 pandemic. A descriptive cross-sectional study to assess donor’s knowledge, attitude, and perception regarding blood donation using self-administered 20 questions. The study duration was 4 months. A total 503 whole blood donors participated. The fear of infection and reduced blood donor motivation were observed to be the major deterrents of blood donation activity. Environment of blood donation area and travel to blood donation site were perceived two major sources of Covid-19 infection by participants. The top 3 motivational factor for blood donation were direct patient request to donate (30%), followed by family/ friends need and social media campaigns (26% each). Most donors (70.6%) were aware of importance of Covid-19 appropriate behaviour during current pandemic. The 67% donors felt that adequate Covid-19 preventive measures had been followed by the staff involved in blood collection. Based on the survey results, the inferences are that donors may harbour fear of infection and concerns for their safety, deterring blood donation. The direct appeal from a patient's relative to donate blood or a requirement in their family/friends and social media appeals emerge important factors to motivate donors. Travel facility arrangement may aide blood donation. Most of the donors are more than satisfied with the blood donation experience and are motivated to inform the transfusion services of any appearance of Covid-19 symptoms post donation. The donors were satisfied with the steps to reduce Covid-19 infection.Supplementary InformationThe online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12288-021-01504-y.