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. 2019 Feb 27;59(4):1273–1282. doi: 10.1111/trf.15209

Table 2.

Reported mean or percentage of the blood transfusion factors and their relationship (OR) to donation willingness

Country Willing to accept a transfusion Perceived transfusion safety Knows a transfusion recipient
Percent OR Mean SD OR Percent OR
Sweden 95.9 1.61 3.64 0.54 1.22 56.9 0.84
Denmark 95.4 3.23 3.75 0.49 1.03 57.4 1.04
The Netherlands 92.9 3.21* 3.65 0.52 1.42 46.1 1.00
Luxembourg 91.0 4.40* 3.18 0.81 1.00 47.0 1.04
Spain 90.3 3.62* 3.62 0.60 1.32 46.6 1.17
Finland 88.4 1.88 3.76 0.49 1.26 52.4 1.51
France 88.4 2.97* 2.88 0.91 1.21 39.9 0.76
Greece 86.4 2.30* 3.25 0.74 1.27 72.7 1.40
Ireland 85.0 3.02* 3.47 0.67 1.11 53.9 1.16
Belgium 83.4 4.09* 3.18 0.90 1.56* 47.4 1.27
Malta 83.2 1.11 3.64 0.65 1.25 52.1 1.53
Cyprus 82.2 1.96 3.23 0.79 1.30 63.7 1.51
United Kingdom 81.9 1.92* 3.59 0.62 1.25 38.5 1.20
Slovenia 81.8 2.27* 3.61 0.55 1.27 46.7 1.05
Czech Republic 80.3 2.70* 3.41 0.72 1.42 53.5 1.24
Lithuania 79.7 2.98* 3.11 0.79 1.16 39.0 0.81
Latvia 79.2 1.38 2.98 0.79 1.43* 50.7 1.24
Germany 78.2 2.77* 3.28 0.76 1.60* 35.6 1.34
Slovakia 76.7 2.64* 3.14 0.80 1.30 60.7 0.93
Croatia 76.1 2.61* 3.29 0.79 1.34 53.2 1.68
Hungary 72.4 2.07* 3.05 0.93 1.51* 43.4 1.51
Austria 72.2 2.27* 3.29 0.75 1.32 40.1 1.87*
Estonia 70.9 1.96 3.34 0.83 1.67* 44.3 1.12
Portugal 67.1 2.76* 3.17 0.78 1.41 39.9 1.72
Italy 66.4 3.18* 2.85 0.76 1.59* 44.9 0.77
Poland 63.4 2.31* 3.09 0.72 1.65* 36.4 0.99
Bulgaria 62.0 1.97* 2.73 0.91 1.69* 53.9 1.20
Romania 59.2 2.03* 2.79 0.90 1.28 32.4 1.15
Min 59.2 2.73 32.4
Max 95.9 3.76 72.7
Average 79.6 3.28 48.2
*

p < 0.001.