Randomized Controlled Trial Investigating the Effects of Text Messaging for Promoting the Retention of First-Time Blood Donor
- Conditions
- The demand of blood component is increasing but the number of blood donation is declining.first time blood donorblood donationretention of first time blood donortext messaging
- Registration Number
- TCTR20190612005
- Lead Sponsor
- Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai university
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 2540
The study will enroll participants 18 years of age or older who were considered as first time blood donor in Blood Donation Center of Maharaj Nakorn Chiang Mai Hospital and have never donated blood anywhere before. The samples presented themselves as voluntary donor and donate without any remuneration. Participants must have the phone which can receive text messages. Participants have to be able to read and understand text messages.
We will exclude platelet or plasma donors. We will exclude donors whose purposes of blood donation are as follows: autologous donation, apheresis or blood letting. Donors will be excluded if they have a cause for deferral blood donation, an incomplete telephone number, no identified favored language. Patients who temporarily live in Thailand will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method return for subsequent blood donation 6 months after first time blood donation telephone follow up and data from donation center
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method duration of subsequent donation from first time at time of subsequent donation from first time telephone follow up and data from donation center