Pennings Guido, Lassen Emilie, Lemmen Josephine G, Thirup Lina, Pacey Allan, Skytte Anne-Bine
Department of Philosophy and Moral Science, Bioethics Institute Ghent (BIG), Universiteit Gent, Blandijnberg 2, B-9000, Gent, Belgium.
Cryos International, Vesterbro Torv 3, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
J Assist Reprod Genet. 2025 Feb;42(2):451-457. doi: 10.1007/s10815-024-03357-6. Epub 2024 Dec 16.
To explore the emotions, concerns and reactions of sperm donor candidates to their rejection by the sperm bank.
An online questionnaire was administered at Cryos International in the USA and Denmark to sperm donor candidates who had received notification that they were ineligible to donate.
A total of 101 rejected donor candidates completed the questionnaire. The majority were disappointed and surprised by the rejection but only a relatively small group had concerns about their health, fertility or manhood. More than half of them (54.5%) were satisfied with the way they were informed of their ineligibility while 17.8% were neutral, and 27.7% were dissatisfied. Approximately half (47.5%) thought that the information provided to them was sufficient while 24.8% were neutral and one in four (27.8%) considered it as insufficient. The most frequent suggestions for improvement were to provide an information leaflet specific to the reason of rejection, offer personal counselling and explain better what the implications are for them.
There is room for improvement in the information provided to donor candidates about the reason for their rejection. Although some information is already currently provided, a minority of donor candidates considered this to be insufficient. However, rejected candidates do not request more information on their own initiative. Routine provision of an information sheet specific to each reason for rejection may improve the experience of these men.
探讨精子捐献候选者被精子库拒绝后的情绪、担忧及反应。
在美国和丹麦的Cryos International对已收到不符合捐献资格通知的精子捐献候选者进行了在线问卷调查。
共有101名被拒的捐献候选者完成了问卷。大多数人对被拒感到失望和惊讶，但只有相对少数的人担心自己的健康、生育能力或男子气概。超过一半的人（54.5%）对被告知不符合资格的方式感到满意，17.8%持中立态度，27.7%不满意。约一半（47.5%）的人认为提供给他们的信息足够，24.8%持中立态度，四分之一（27.8%）的人认为信息不足。最常见的改进建议是提供一份针对被拒原因的信息手册、提供个人咨询并更好地解释这对他们意味着什么。
在向捐献候选者提供被拒原因的信息方面仍有改进空间。虽然目前已经提供了一些信息，但少数捐献候选者认为这些信息不足。然而，被拒的候选者不会主动要求更多信息。针对每个被拒原因定期提供信息单可能会改善这些男性的体验。
