Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, The Netherlands.
J Health Psychol. 2024 Jan;29(1):3-14. doi: 10.1177/13591053231175809. Epub 2023 Jun 5.
Blood donors are indispensable for enabling a myriad of medical procedures and treatments. We examined how public trust in the healthcare system and healthcare quality relate to individuals' likelihood of donating blood, using survey data from representative samples of 28 European countries ( = 27,868). Our preregistered analyses revealed that country-level public trust, but not healthcare quality, predicted individual propensity to donate blood. Notably, public trust decreased over time in many countries, while healthcare quality increased. Our results highlight the role of subjective of the healthcare system, rather than the objective state of healthcare, for blood donation behavior in Europe.
献血者对于开展各种医疗程序和治疗至关重要。我们使用来自 28 个欧洲国家(=27868 人)的代表性样本调查数据,考察了公众对医疗体系的信任和医疗质量与个人献血意愿之间的关系。我们预先注册的分析表明,国家层面的公众信任,而不是医疗质量,预测了个人献血的倾向。值得注意的是,在许多国家,公众信任随着时间的推移而下降,而医疗质量却在上升。我们的研究结果突出了主观的医疗体系在欧洲的献血行为中的作用,而不是医疗保健的客观状态。