Department of Donor Medicine Research, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Department of Public and Occupational Health, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Vox Sang. 2024 Jul;119(7):648-655. doi: 10.1111/vox.13629. Epub 2024 Apr 8.
In the Netherlands, as of April 2018, the upper age limit for blood donation has been raised from 69 to 79 years, providing an opportunity to study older donors' perspectives regarding donating at older age. This study aims to explore whether older donors agree with the increase of the age limit, if they feel obliged to continue donating, to identify their motivators and barriers for donating blood and describe donation-related experiences and complications.
An online survey was distributed among Dutch blood donors aged 68-73 years. The survey contained questions regarding the increase of the upper age limit, motivations and barriers for donating, donation-related experiences and obligatory feelings to continue donating.
Six hundred sixty donors (55%) were included in the analyses, including 38 stopped donors. Most donors (92%) agreed with the increase of the upper age limit. Approximately 63% of participating donors felt obliged to continue donating, especially women with high education. Donors indicated they felt healthy enough to keep donating (95%), and 72% thought it is good for their health to keep donating. Few donors reported that they found it hard to keep donating (5%) or indicated that they did not feel healthy enough to donate or thought it was not safe for them anymore (3.4%).
Most of the older donors agree with the increase of the upper age limit for blood donation, report only few and minor donation-related experiences or complications and are highly motivated to continue their donor career at an older age.
自 2018 年 4 月起，荷兰将献血的最高年龄上限从 69 岁提高到 79 岁，这为研究老年献血者对更高龄献血的看法提供了机会。本研究旨在探讨老年献血者是否同意提高年龄上限，他们是否觉得有义务继续献血，确定他们献血的动机和障碍，以及描述与献血相关的经历和并发症。
我们向年龄在 68-73 岁的荷兰献血者发放了在线调查。该调查包含有关提高最高年龄上限、献血动机和障碍、与献血相关的经历以及继续献血的义务感等问题。
共有 660 名献血者（55%）参与了分析，其中 38 名已停止献血。大多数献血者（92%）同意提高年龄上限。大约 63%的参与献血者感到有义务继续献血，尤其是高学历的女性。献血者表示他们感觉自己身体足够健康，可以继续献血（95%），并且 72%的人认为继续献血对他们的健康有益。少数献血者表示他们发现很难继续献血（5%），或者表示他们感觉自己不够健康，或者认为继续献血对他们来说不再安全（3.4%）。
大多数老年献血者同意提高献血的最高年龄上限，他们报告的与献血相关的经历或并发症很少且轻微，并且在更高龄时继续献血的意愿非常强烈。
