Khaleel Alyahya, Wareef Y Almousa, Lama F Binsalamh, Ghadeer A Alturaifi, Lama H Alabdely, Norah F Aljulaihim, Layan M Aldosari
The Social Attitudes Towards the Booster Dose of the COVID-19 Vaccine and the Associated Factors Among Residents of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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deferral takes place donors fail meet eligibility criteria donating blood visit blood collection site deferral periods either permanent temporary implemented protect wellbeing donor recipient study aimed investigate frequency deferrals various factors contributing retrospective analysis conducted transfusion medicine unit hospital universiti sains malaysia usm utilizing data obtained blood donors period january 2022 june 2023 research included cohort 18751 donors visited transfusion unit blood donation data including gender age reasons deferral collected reviewing records donors deferred descriptive statistics employed analyze data deferral blood donors 18751 blood donors 3533 1884 deferred consisting 1267 males 3586 2266 females 6414 age group 1825 years accounted highest number comprising 1875 donors 5307 among deferred cases 5333 firsttime donors followed 2528 regular donors 2140 lapsed donors deferral blood donors resulted various reasons common cause overall deferral among blood donors low hemoglobin 3833 followed upper respiratory tract infections 838 chronic medical illness 708 high blood pressure 702 temporary deferrals prevalent permanent deferrals accounting 9157 cases compared 843 permanent deferrals voluntary nonremunerative blood donors constitute backbone safe reliable blood supply transfusion services utilizing comprehensive database enable effective counseling temporarily deferred donors providing insights reasons deferral expected duration appropriate treatments information crucial motivating donors recruit donor pool public education initiatives aimed raising awareness causes deferral promoting regular health checkups play pivotal role minimizing deferrals