Table 1.
Original studies that addressed blood donation motivators or deterrents and were conducted in SSA.
| Study | Country | Authors | Publication date and language | Sample size | Sample selection | Research method delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emotional-motivational barriers to blood donation among Togolese adults: a structural approach | Togo | K. Alinon, K.; Gbati, P.C.; Sorum, E. Mullet | Transfusion Medicine 2013 English | 400 | Adults who are either university educated or are employed in the civil administration with a position of responsibility | Paper questionnaire administered by trained researchers. Factor analysis performed on 250 of the responses |
| Can family or replacement blood donors become regular volunteer donors? | Ghana | Asenso-Mensah, K | Transfusion 2013 English | 513 | Family replacement donors, at a blood donor clinic, who had just finished donating blood and who agreed to complete questionnaire and were eligible to be a repeat donor | Self-administered questionnaire |
| Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Voluntary Blood Donation among Healthcare Workers at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin City, Nigeria | Nigeria | Nwogoh, B.; Aigberadion,U.; Nwannadi, A. I. | Journal of Blood Transfusion 2013 English | 163 | Healthcare workers (non physicians) from different hospital department selected by quota sampling | Self-administered questionnaire |
| Attitudes towards blood donation and transfusion in Bamenda, Republic of Cameroon | Republic of Cameroon | Koster, J.; Hassall, O.W. | Transfusion Medicine 2011 English | Not reported | Clinical and laboratory staff, patients, relatives, blood donors, secondary school students and community members at one hospital | Direct observation, in-person interviews, focus group discussions and a simulation exercise. Different sample populations were selected for different research methods |
| Knowledge and behaviour towards voluntary blood donation among students of a tertiary institution in Nigeria | Nigeria | Salaudeen, A.G.; Odeh, E. | Nigerian Journal of Clinical Practice 2011 English | 400 | Students from one university selected using multistage sampling | Self-administered questionnaire |
| Community survey on blood donation practices in a northern state of Nigeria | Nigeria | Salaudeen, A.G.; Musa, O. I.; Awoyemi A.O.; Bolarinwa, A.O.; Adegboye, A. O.; Samuel, S.O. | Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene 2011 English | 936 | Community members in Kwara State, North Central Nigeria, selected using multistage sampling | Semi-structured questionnaire administered by trained research assistants |
| Sociodemographic and attitudinal factors to blood donation in the urban population of Dakar, Senegal | Senegal | Duboz, Priscilla, Macia, Enguerran, Cunéo, Bernard | Transfusion 2010 English | 600 | Combined quota method (cross-section by age, sex, and town of residence) selecting subjects who represent the population of the department of Dakar age 20 and over | Structured in-person interview |
| Antenatal blood donation for pregnant Nigerian mothers: the husbands’ perspective | Nigeria | Obi, S.N. | Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2007 English | 640 | Husbands of pregnant mothers | Self-administered questionnaire |
| Lack of knowledge among blood donors in Burkina Faso (West Africa); potential obstacle to transfusion security | Burkina Faso | Nebie, K.Y.; Olinger, C.M.; Kafando, E.; Dahourou, H.; Diallo, S.; Kientega, Y.; Domo, Y.; Kienou, K.; Ouattara, S.; Sawadogo, I.; Ky, L.; Muller, C.P. | Transfusion Clinique at Biologique 2007 French | 544 | Blood donors from an urban teaching hospital selected using systematic sampling | Self-administered questionnaire |
| Socio-cultural barriers to voluntary blood donation for obstetric use in a rural Nigerian village | Nigeria | Neema, S.; Ahmed, F H.; Onuh, S O.; Umeora, M C.; Kibombo, R.; Umeora, O U | African Journal of Reproductive Health 2005 English | 143 | Patients’ relatives who declined donating blood | Structured in-person interview |
| Knowledge, attitudes, beliefs and motivations towards blood donations among blood donors in Lagos, Nigeria | Nigeria | Olaiya, M.A.; Alakija,W.; Ajala, A.; Olatunji, R.O. | Transfusion Medicine 2004 English | 542 | Blood donors in one hospital selected using systematic sampling | Self-administered questionnaire. Donors who could not read and write were assisted in filling out the questionnaires |
| Blood donation behaviour and beliefs among a sample of high school students in Mmabatho | South Africa | Mwaba, K., Keikelame,M.J. | Curationis 1995 English | 40 | Students, 20 female and 20 male, chosen at random in one high school | Self-administered questionnaire |
| Attitudes and beliefs toward blood donation among adults in Mwanza region, Tanzania | Tanzania | B. Jacobs, Z.A. Berege | East African medical journal 1995 English | 1423 | Residents of the Mwaza Region selected using multistage sampling | In-person structured interview |
| Attitudes of Nigerians toward blood donation and blood transfusion | Nigeria | Robert A. Okpara | Tropical and geographical medicine 1989 English | 246 | Questionnaires distributed to individuals in local markets, streets, government offices and students from the University of Calabar | Self-administered questionnaire |
| A survey in Benin City, Nigeria. Attitude to blood donation and blood transfusion | Nigeria | Oyarebu, K.A. | International journal of health education 1982 English | 210 | Cluster sampling of students, civil servants and unemployed individuals in Benin | Self-administered questionnaire |